Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tommy Amaker

We're pleased - we're pleased for our school, pleased for our fans and our alums. I'm really pleased for our players. Thinking anything beyond that, it's a game for us right now. ... We have a game coming up here on Saturday (against Wisconsin). We always know a follow-up of an emotional win or loss is always critical. We're happy about the win tonight, but we certainly know there's a lot of basketball to be played.

Matt Harpring

We're fighting for a playoff spot. Coach Sloan says that playoff basketball is crunch time. We need to run a play, execute and get a good shot. It's frustrating to fight the whole game, have a lead and then all of a sudden, we stop doing what we did to get there.

We're fairly talented and hopefully the second half of the season will be the best basketball we play. The girls are really getting my style of basketball. Our kids are playing really well ? I'm seeing some good signs.

Karl Hobbs

We're just a different basketball team when Pops is in the lineup.

Billy Donovan

We're just a basketball team that doesn't have a lot of depth right now. That's our biggest challenge.

Byron Scott

We're just not a very good basketball team right now. To me, we have a lot of glaring holes on both ends of the floor. The biggest thing is that we're so weak mentally.

We're getting ready to introduce a new basketball coach. Nothing makes sense here right now.

We're getting better. In fact, at times tonight, I thought we played some of our best basketball of the season.

We're honored to host the opening game of the new BIG EAST Conference. I know the Marquette community will come out and support us and get a taste of seeing what one of the best women's basketball conferences in the country is like.

We're basketball crazy down at Burr and Burton again.

We're a young, inexperienced team and sometimes we look good offensively and play with a lot of confidence. But until we can put four quarters of good basketball together, we will struggle just as we have.

We're a young basketball team that has kind of been learning on the job. Our kids have really bought into the mind-set of defending and rebounding.

We're really excited. This is new territory in Hampton basketball history.

We let this one get away from us, there is no doubt about that. All we can do at this point is understand that these things will happen with a young team. We need to learn from this loss and move on. There is still plenty of basketball to play.

We knew they were a very, very good basketball team coming in. Stew does a fantastic job, and they are a very efficient basketball team, especially on the offensive end.

Chauncey Billups

We know who we are. We know we're a defensive basketball club when it comes down to it. We just had a facelift so to speak with our offense. But we know who we are. When it's time for us to go up-and-down, we know where it's at. It's not getting extra possessions and extra shots, it's taking care of the defensive end.

We know what happened the first 10 minutes, and we know what happened the last 30. I try to focus on the 30 because that's what makes us a good basketball team.

W. S. Gilbert

We know we've got a Herculean task in front of us, same as last year. Our (five) seniors didn't want to lose this one, though. They wanted to practice and play basketball at least one more week.

We know we've got a big challenge in front of us. But we're starting to play very good basketball as well.

We know we still can get a lot better. We all hope our best basketball is yet to come.

We know we're a good basketball team. Even with rankings and all that sort of stuff, if you really knew our program you'd know these kids play for each other.

We know we face the biggest basketball week of our lives. We're trying to get to New York City with the three games we have next week.

Kyle Wilson

We know how good the basketball is in our conference. It's just that not a lot of people watch us play. Missouri Valley games aren't on TV that much.

Larry Brown

When I was a kid, they had six hockey teams, they had eight to 10 basketball teams. The teams played each other once, twice a week. Maybe we should stack (the schedule) a little in terms of conference games.

Don Adams

I am very excited to be the head women's basketball coach at Beloit College, ... This is a great opportunity for me. I am looking forward to putting my stamp on the program. I am confident that I can and will be successful here.

Dominique Wilkins

Well, (Michael) Jordan was definitely one of the kings of the game. There's no question that he was one of the more dominant figures. If you look at the top ten players of all time, he was certainly one of the most dominant guys.

Dominique Wilkins

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

Dominique Wilkins

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

Dominique Wilkins

Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this day players can't do those things, so the honors that he's had are definitely deserved.

Dominique Wilkins

First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.

Dominique Wilkins

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

Dominique Wilkins

Asthma research is a lot better and new medicines are always coming out to help young people.

Dominique Wilkins

As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.