Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Bowen

The thing that you have to understand about 'Hoop' is that he's a basketball junkie. He needs his basketball fix and that's what he does his hard work for. He's fun to be around.

The thing I give Quincy credit for, throughout the entire ordeal, is that Quincy never wavered. Quincy wanted to be here, because there are other things here for him, putting basketball aside.

The thing I appreciated about that lineup tonight is that, hey, we've got five guys out there that are really trying to operate with a basketball IQ and really play sound basketball on both ends.

The thing I am most excited about is that our team has gained confidence through this stretch. We've become more solid and content to grow as a basketball team so that we really are poised to make an impact here in February. It could have gone the other way. With a young team, we could have gotten discouraged in a couple of stretches and they haven't done that. They've stayed strong and I'm excited about what that means for this team.

The thing about Sunnyside Christian is they have one thing that nobody else has and that's Al. He's the best B basketball coach in the state and I'll take that to the grave with me. His girls are always prepared and ready to play.

B. F. Skinner

The thing about it for us is we'll have to do what we do, and hopefully that's enough to win the basketball game.

Johnny Gray

I've loved March Madness since I was in elementary school. Basketball is a team game, and whatever team plays best that night deserves to win. That's the beauty of college basketball. You look around the country and see underdogs beating top teams.

I've never even been inside of a dome. I've played football in a basketball gym, but never basketball inside a football arena.

Rick Brunson

I've always wanted to be a coach; I never wanted to play basketball professionally. I happened to get lucky and made a career out of it, but my decision was to be a college coach when I was in college. But I got sidetracked with this.

I've always told Kenton that he sells himself short. He's a much better basketball player than he thinks he is. He's got a great pace to his game. You're not going to speed him up much. He's really embraced the fact that he wants to run the team. He's comfortable now. He knows his teammates. He knows what we need to work our way into.

I've always thought this team had a chance to be pretty good. The thing that concerns me is offensively, I don't know how much we can win without shooting the basketball better.

I've actually yelled at kids from a basketball purist standpoint. I don't want to see a kid shoot the ball every time down the court. It's disgusting.

Joe Johnson

I've actually been enjoying myself but I've just got to get the basketball side going. It really feels like back home. When this thing turns around, it really is going to be crazy.

I wanted to do whatever it took to win this basketball game, and that's what it was. They feed on Daniel Horton getting off, because he has so much freedom in the offense. You have to limit the fouls, because he's a great free-throw shooter and great all-around player.

I wanted to do it in the worst way, and it just worked out. I think it's going to be special, kind of like hockey did and basketball did.

I wanted an individual who had a sincere passion for being the next Cyclone men's basketball coach. One coach emerged as the clear cut favorite . . . (and that's) Greg McDermott.

Jay Wright

I wanted to be here. This is the best place in the world for me to coach. This is my hometown; my wife went to Villanova; it's the greatest college basketball town in the country. This is a dream for me.

Texas played an outstanding basketball game. We just had a hard time making some shots.

Texas played an outstanding basketball game and we give them a great deal of credit. As for us the single most significant factor was we just had a hard time making some shots.

Sometimes you find guys that actually want to play you like it is a real game. You can tell these guys were all pretty serious about their basketball and they are used to having a good program here. But it was still a lot of fun and I just hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

Steve Kerr

So much youth basketball is being played around the world, in countries everywhere. And the sheer volume of kids means that Winthrop and Monmouth can get some pretty good players.

Sometimes in basketball you don't think, you react. That's exactly what I did.

Joe Morgan

Teams draft mostly college players now, ... and a black kid from a poor family can't go to college unless he gets a scholarship. He can get one in basketball or football, but not in baseball.

Karl Hobbs

Temple played a fantastic game. The elder statesman showed that he still knows how to get a team up and prepared to win a basketball game.

Sometimes the light goes on a little bit later. Maybe this is one of those situations where we just realize if we play together and share the basketball and play good defense and force some turnovers and get out and run, we can be pretty good.

Sometimes some of the best therapy happens in a basketball game, with a coach. Sometimes the best conversations happen in a smoke pit.

I've played football in a gym but I've never played basketball in a football stadium.

Michael Anderson

It was the worst thing I've ever seen happen at a high school basketball game.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Jeff Davis

It was ugly basketball at it's best. We won the game on the free throw line.

It was an excellent high school basketball game. Rhinelander just made a few more plays than we did, but our team played hard. It was an extremely well played game.

It was an embarrassing performance. We didn't come out, we didn't play hard, we didn't give this team any respect and we got our butts kicked in the process. You can't play one half of basketball and expect to win a basketball game.

Chauncey Billups

It was a little different, but I'm happy to see those guys getting some important minutes, playing down the stretch when it really counted. Those minutes are when you really grow. Any move you make could be the best or worst move.