Quotes about basketball
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We made it known from the start we expect to be part of that. The way to do that is to play better basketball. That's what we talk about. It's attainable: play better basketball and then winning is a byproduct. Mike Miller
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We have a student body that is fired up about Bears basketball. It's a whole different level, the best our students have been since I've been here. This is a big game.
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We haven't been playing our best basketball lately. We hit our peak, I think, in the middle of the season, and that's not good.
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We haven't played good basketball all year. Hopefully, we will play better as a team as the season goes on. Peja Stojakovic
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We haven't played Duke, but we've played a lot of teams like them. It's just a matter of putting together a complete, 40-minute basketball game.
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We all played on the same Optimist (Baseball) team together, and I think we played on the same basketball team. Pretty much, we've played just about every sport together. James Hayes
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We are in the single-elimination tournament point right now, and I don't think our kids are ready to be eliminated. I know this means something to this basketball team and they are going to come out and play like it means something.
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We are incredibly happy to be here today. We survived an incredible basketball game. Washington gave us everything we could ever imagine to handle. But we were able to withstand it and advance. And that is what you want to do in the NCAA Tournament. Jim Calhoun
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We know people can beat us in our conference. That's why we have to see if we can play our best basketball over the next four games. Bob Thomason
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We know our work is cut out for us. They're talking about making history, but so are we. If we can knock off the No. 1 team in the country and get a shot at the No. 2 team in the state, what a great day of basketball that would be.
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We'll get a day's rest and close to a full day on Monday and then show up for a 7 o'clock game in Philadelphia. And then we can suck it up. That's what playing big-time basketball is about. Eddie Jordan
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Unfortunately we have shown signs of not being mature enough sometimes. To climb we always seem to have to take a little step back before we take the next jump. Sometimes that's part of the development process you go through when you're building basketball programs.
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We were just better than them, and it was as simple as that. We were the better basketball players who made plays, so there is no substitute left for that.
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Winning the regional title and beating North was an emotionally difficult experience for me because Dave and I have been friends for 25 years and we had to beat someone you care about and kids your care about. But I like to think of it as a great basketball game between two good teams.
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Whoever got Mike Neal was getting an impact guard, and we obviously knew that coming in. A lot of times shooters are one-trick ponies. Michael is an outstanding shooter who happens to be a really good basketball player. Kelvin Sampson
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We couldn't get over the hump. We made a good effort to get within eight (points). But then the next three possessions, we turned the basketball over.
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We were very impressed with Kelly's goals for a basketball program. He is a great family man, he has three kids all under 4 years old (Zachary, Noah and Joshua), and so we thought he would be a great fit for us here at Grace Community. Jeff Smith
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We were unable to play our game of being a physical basketball team. The disparity in free throws was a major factor in the game. Bill Laimbeer
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We'll be ready to play. We have seniors who realize this will be their last high school basketball game if we don't win. They're going to play hard.
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We were nervous coming in. We knew they were going to be in better basketball shape than they were the first time we played them, and that ended up being true to form. They played us really good for a half, and then we turned it on in the third quarter and did what we had to do to get the win.
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We were motivated by the fact that (North Carolina) had won four in a row. We know all about the reputation they have as a basketball state, but we just said they weren't going win this year. Mike Jones
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When I took over two years ago, my feeling was that we needed to make basketball more enjoyable for the kids. We wanted to loosen up.
basketball together
We?re all basketball players, and were all out there on the court, ... We all live together on this earth. Yao Ming
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Well I just wanted to come meet you. It said you like basketball and I watched your game.
basketball played style
We played much better basketball this year. With the style we played, we were just so much more competitive.
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We played miserable basketball in the first half. We looked like a team trying to prove it could be a 94-foot (end-to-end) team -- throwing one-handed passes, shooting on the fly. Dick Bennett
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We played like a very unaware basketball team. We knew Marissa was a threat with her shooting. Look at her stats. She shoots the 3 great. We just weren't aware, and to not be aware of a player that good is scary.
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We put her in some situations to get her the basketball and she did a nice job of getting some buckets.
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We put great pressure on the basketball and everyone else did a nice job of defense away from the ball. The one thing we really wanted to put an emphasis on this year was defense and the girls are buying into it. We didn't shoot the ball well, but we played great defense.
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We played hard tonight. We had the tempo in our favor and that's the type of basketball that we want to play. Byron Scott
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We played hard and I like the way this team is playing. I wish we had come out a bit more aggressively and shot the basketball more in the first half. We passed up a lot of shots early tonight. We took those shots in the second half. That's coming. I'm feeling pretty good about our team and I like where we're at. I think good things are in the future.
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We played great basketball (Wednesday). I was really proud of our effort and the fact that we played such good team basketball.
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We played good defense in the final quarter and we made our foul shots. Those two things win basketball games at the end. It worked well for us tonight.