Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Williams

Something's better than nothing. I just want to be playing basketball as long as I can. That's all there is to it.

Shannon Brown

Spartan basketball is playing with a lot of intensity, a lot of grit. We haven't played with it as much as we'd like to. But it's a new season.

So the dilemma the basketball committee has is this: If you don't take five, who do you leave out?

Mark Green

One guy on the tape said his favorite sport was basketball and his favorite colors are blue and green. My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite colors are blue and green.

Once you make that decision, you're going to have some doubts. I realize I've made the best decision for myself and my future. There's still a possibility of walking-on to the basketball team. It's my decision.

Once you get to this level, there are so many good basketball players. You have to find what's going to get you on the court, playing defense, getting rebounds, diving on loose balls, the hustle plays.

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Rabih Alameddine

Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.

Craig Robertson

Oh yes, we love all that stuff. Basketball is all about having fun. That's what keeps us up for games.

We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our dominance in both World Championship and Olympic competition.

We are very excited about this large recruiting class. I feel we are bringing in some guards that can help us immediately and some forwards and centers that will probably be our front line of the future. These players are not only good basketball players but most have excelled in different sports.

We are very excited about Charles and Philip coming to South Alabama. They are outstanding people and students who have a world of basketball potential...We certainly look forward to both of them making contributions to helping our team as freshmen.

We didn't play a terrible first half - they're a very good basketball team, but we raised our level of play that extra little bit we needed to.

We didn't make as many shots as Twin, and in the game of basketball, that's the way it goes. But we'll hold our heads up. Hey, we're still playing for some hardware.

We are going to have to come out and play every night to win this regional. We aren't the type of basketball team that can just show up and go through the motions. Right now, we are just like everybody else. You want to put together a good week of basketball and see what happens.

We are going to have a good basketball team. We are going to be fine.

We had six really good people as seniors this year. The hardest thing in basketball is you lose your seniors. They are good role models and I just told the juniors that in the locker room. People played together and they sacrificed for each other.

We had our shot and we needed a play or two here or there. I think I have a good basketball team. I wish we could have made a couple more plays ... I think we are really close.

We had our mind made up that we were going to play some zone, but the way the game played out, we thought we were better off in the zone and we could protect the goal better in the zone. Obviously, it won the basketball game for us.

We could tell even as a freshman that with his athleticism he was going to be a good basketball player. But a lot depends on the personnel a team has, you don't just call up a freshman to call them up.

Bob will be great with a show like this. It'll be a great opportunity to play with one of the all-time great basketball coaches. He's excited about it. We're excited about it.

Both Bob and Carl had very solid basketball games. They didn't score too much, but they played their roles. Carl played great defense inside.

Brian is definitely the leader. He's dedicated himself to being a better basketball player. He works hard all year and plays AAU in the summer to develop his game.

Jimmy Smith

Brandon's the heart and soul of our basketball team. He was possessed early in the game but the guys stepped up well in the second half in his absence.

Bruce Pearl has done a great job of getting those guys to buy into what he is doing. If we had responded with some intensity and aggressiveness early on, it would have been a much better basketball game. After we got into the flow of understanding how hard they play, we were just too far down.

Jim Les

Bradley basketball is back on the map in a big way. I am proud to be a part of it.

John Updike

Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a backboard bolted to it.

Tommy Amaker

Boy, he was just an efficient basketball player as a senior. And when you think back on some of the really good senior players who have played in Madison, you think of those moments where a kid like Wilkinson is really in a nice state of mind. That's the difference in Daniel Horton.

Better to learn them out here on the basketball court than to have to learn them in jail or in the ground. Learn some things about what respect means.

Everything has to come within the functions of the system and the offense. We are not one-on-one basketball players and it won't work if we try to be that.

Even if they're not in the starting lineup, they're going to play so much time. So we're going to be an incredibly young basketball team.

Jeff Adrien

During basketball, people get elbowed. I get elbowed in practice. It was nothing intentional. It's all in coach's hands. I guess they might appeal.

B. F. Skinner

Duquesne played with a lot of energy and hustle. We didn't match that energy in the first half. But the game is 40 minutes long. I thought our size and strength eventually would take care of that. If Duquesne continues to play like that they'll start to win some basketball games. They've got a feel of how they want to play.