Famous Quotes & Sayings

You don't win a state championship last year and lose once this year if you're not a good basketball team, and that's what Great Bend is. We just struggled to make shots and free throws, and that's been a bugaboo for us all year.

Pat Summitt

You don't win a basketball game in the first half, but you certainly can lose one.

This situation has been completely blown out of proportion. This was just boys after basketball practice goofing off, simple horseplay.

To be honored at the State of the City is really special. It goes to show you how far the Mount Vernon basketball program has come and how it's interwoven in the community.

To be honest, we don't know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch.

To be honest, they are a great basketball team, they are one of the most talented in the state. We played them tough the first time, we just have to take next step. We're just excited to be playing Saturday.

Brian Johnson

To be honest, at first some of the guys had the mindset that they didn't want to play in the NIT. But this is another opportunity to play basketball again. We're trying to win a championship. It's not the Final Four, but it's the next best thing.

Carmelo Anthony

This one hurts worse than the other two. We have issues. I saw guys who did not want to be here and play in this game. We did not play playoff basketball in this series.

This new rule will now give players the option of playing minor league professional basketball in the United States.

We shot the basketball and that's what we have to do. If we are going to win at this time of the year, we will have to shoot the basketball.

Mark Gottfried

We're disappointed, but I couldn't be more prouder of a basketball team than I am right now.

David Stern

We think that basketball is the international language. It's a sport that was invented in America, but it travels the world. It's been an Olympic sport since 1936, and we have worked with many of the countries here.

Billy Donovan

As a basketball team you have to go through it. They need it. The game came down to our inexperience on the basketball court to their experience.

Joakim Noah

As a basketball player this is your dream -- to play in the national championship game. It's just such a great feeling that it's finally here. There's been so much hard work and so much sacrifice. There's so many moments that I can go back to -- being a little kid, walking to practice. Now I'm finally playing in the game.

Michael Wong

As a group, we don't have the size and strength of other basketball players, so we try to create our own little world of basketball. We're not trying to lock people out because we're better. We're protecting our weaker status.

As a college basketball player, this is what you want the chance to do. We just did what we've been doing all along.

As a college basketball player, this is what you want. It's been an exciting, exciting week for us.

As a college basketball player, this is what you want a chance to have an opportunity to do.

Gary Williams

As a college basketball coach, I'm upset for the future of game. Somebody has to be accountable. You can't blame just one group of people for this, unfortunately.

Craig Shoemaker

The boys are excited. When we do put four quarters of basketball together, we're a pretty decent team.

Jeff Davis

The bottom line is, we were beat tonight by a very good basketball team. I won't say better, but a very good basketball team.

Diana Taurasi

The bottom line is we've got good basketball players so we make good basketball decisions and play really good basketball and we just got to keep that same focus and intensity,

The bottom line is we're going to be playing onehopefully twovery good basketball teams. We're going to have our work cut out for us, regardless. A month-and-a-half ago, we were in the bottom of the barrel.

At times, we've stagnated a little on offense. We still haven't played our best basketball yet.

Terry Becker

A year ago, these guys were a long ways from being a good basketball team. But the great thing about them is that they worked hard and they listened and they learned.

Mike Lewis

Back east here, we were kind of basketball snobs. We figured we had to be better. That was our first mistake.

Allen Iverson

As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that's important..............

Dawn Staley

That's what veterans do. At times like that, we don't get rattled. We know we always have a shot at winning the basketball game. You just have to stay in it. With us, we're an older group. We understand. We've been in big, big games before.

That's why we're planning on going on to college, to develop. Our path is to collegiate level basketball.

James Augustine

That's why I'm not so emotional about it. It's more of a basketball game than Senior Night. If we don't come out ready to play, they're going to beat us.

That's why A.B. is the best basketball player in this part of the state. In the first half, he wanted to get everyone else into the flow, and we were a little stagnant.

That's who we wanted (to play). They're playing great basketball. We're excited.

That's what makes college basketball, chanting names and antagonizing the other team. It's a good thing for us to see.