Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adam Morrison

That's just a sign of a great program and great people. They had enough guts as a man in their moment of victory to pick another man up off the floor. That's more than basketball and I would thank them if I could.

That's great for Plano. It shows how much basketball talent we have in Plano.

Maurice Cheeks

That game was a prime example of a team effort and a team really trying not to lose a basketball game.

That game right there is how basketball should be played.

That game hurt. I remember everything about it. They were very big and played like a basketball team. They scored two of their goals on long throw-ins in front of the net to several players who were at least 6-foot-4 and headed the ball in.

Larry Davis

We've got a lot of basketball left to play with six conference games, and in our league, the tournament is everything anyway.

We have a different sense of confidence going into this year. We know we're going to get everybody's best, very similar to our basketball team. We go from the hunter to the hunted. That's something we have to understand and be able to take it a notch higher.

Pat Summitt

We have a different agenda. But she's a very dear friend of mine. I'm really proud of the year she's had. She's done a great job with her basketball team and with the North Carolina program.

We had to get over the disappointment. We didn't want to let ourselves down. We want to play as much basketball as possible.

This was more important than the tournament. This goes throughout the whole season and means we've played good basketball the whole way. A team can get hot in the tournament for a few days, like we did this year, but this is even better.

This was huge. Pops helped build this place, and I felt the basketball gods were on our side.

Jerry Colangelo

This whole concept of a Dream Team, that's over and done with, ... The theme going forward is more about respecting the world basketball community, and it's also about redemption. We have a lot to come back from.

Those three guys have been playing together for at least 10 years. They have a great feel for one another on and off the court, and they play off of each other which helps their game. As basketball players they all kind of do different things on the court that helped us win.

Gilbert Arenas

Those players, they have a different way of playing. If they're looking at you and you're not with them, they think you're a failure. So I told Kwame he has to go in and use that energy toward the basketball floor to get in good with those guys.

Billy Donovan

This team, starting the season, I felt had all the team makeup. Unselfishness. They wanted to learn, they wanted to work, they wanted to get better. I didn't know if we'd have the experience to win basketball games or enough basketball games because we'd never been there before.

This team's going backwards. It's poor coaching, that's what it is. I'm taking the blame. I haven't done a good job with this basketball team. I haven't gotten the kids prepared to play.

This team is an NCAA-caliber basketball team. It's just the nature of the selection process. There are probably going to be a lot of teams that probably aren't as good as us that are playing by virtue of conference bids or maybe by the exposure of the media in certain regions of the country.

This team is a better basketball team because this team has bought into what we're trying to do. But I can't talk about last year.

This team hasn't won anything. We didn't win our section. We didn't win our Christmas tournament. We haven't played good basketball for a month.

This team has a lot of good basketball in it. We're what, 20 games into the season? We still have time to get things going in the right direction.

This was very close. I'm sure the fans kind of felt like it was Connecticut basketball all over again. And there's no better feeling in the world to be able to get one game like that.

This was the worst night we've ever had shooting the basketball. They played a zone and we just couldn't throw it in the ocean -- nobody, and we played 11 kids.

This was the most inspiring basketball this team has played since I've been here. This is a win for us.

This was probably the first time in quite a few years that we came into a varsity basketball game in the Classic 8 Conference as the favorite. The kids knew that, too. I thought we handled that situation very well. We haven't been in that position in a long, long time.

This was probably Marco's best game. He had seven offensive boards; didn't commit any silly fouls. That's the play that we need for us to be a good basketball team.

This was probably his best game. He had seven offensive boards. He didn't commit any serious fouls ... That's the player we need for us to be a good basketball team.

Chris Stewart

This was about as good as playoff basketball gets I think.

This was a big win in terms of the district, but it's a big win any time you beat a good quality team on their home court. We had a nice fourth quarter and we hit a lot of free-throws at the end ... and you know, this is what high school basketball is all about. The crowd was into it and it was close all the way through, and it was just a great ball game.

This was a big win for us. We played a very good basketball team and for the most part, I thought we were a pretty good basketball team tonight.

This was a big win for us. Now we play ... Flandreau, and they're an awfully great basketball team who's on a heck of a streak over there.

This was a big step for us. I think we're becoming a basketball team rather than a collection of individuals. To me it's very rewarding to see how, at this stage of the season, how hard these guys are playing.

Essence Carson

We were there all day. In between, we had study hall, so we didn't leave the gym at all. Some people are like, 'Wow, you guys go for a really long time.' It was like a full-time job, 9-to-5. But it's like, hey, what you put in is definitely what you get out and you can't shortcut yourself. We put in the work. It's time to play the basketball we know how to play.

Shane Smith

What Junior has done, and the team as a whole, has really turned a lot of heads in this part of the state. They know basketball exists over here.