Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'm really proud of the way they stepped up. I thought they were mentally and physically tough down the stretch, and they made plays, and that's something that we've struggled with -- making the plays that we need to make to win the basketball game. I thought they did that tonight.

I'm really proud of our basketball team tonight. After getting beat like we did on Saturday, to come back tonight with the focus and intensity that we needed to was really big for us I'm excited for them.

I'm really proud of our basketball team because I know we beat an outstanding team.

I'm really proud of how we battled in the second half - that was Eminence basketball. We were able to use our athleticism and wear them down - it was just too little, too late. But they are a very good team and there is no shame in losing to them.

I'm really proud of how our guys gutted it out. Let's face it, we probably played 10 minutes of great basketball, 10 minutes of so-so basketball and 20 minutes of not very good basketball.

I kind of always wanted to play. I saw a lot of the guys that came in with my class and I played basketball and volleyball with them and I could play with them. I gave (football) a shot and fell in love with the game.

Pat Summitt

I just want her to play the game under control. And for her, it's much different from any player I've ever coached in that she can be flat-footed and go up and dunk. So it's not like things have to be perfect in her basketball world for her to dunk. If she goes up inside and dunks it, more power to her.

John Madden

I just worry about overexposure. No matter how much you wanted to watch the NFL, there were no more games between Monday night and the next Sunday. I don't want us to become like college basketball or college football where you have games on every night. That's the direction it's going in. I really don't know that it's a great direction.

Tony Jackson

I liked basketball more but I was better at football,

I like challenges, and I thought it was time for a change. I thought maybe it was time for a different voice to be leading the Wilson basketball program, and also this is a different challenge for me. To me, change is good to keep things going personally.

I hope we're playing our best basketball at the right time of the year. Everybody sets their sights for the postseason and wants to be playing their best basketball. I hope we can play even better on Tuesday.

Bob Huggins

I made a very poor decision that's reflected negatively on the basketball program and the university, ... For that, I deeply regret it. I take responsibility for my actions. I'm going to do my part to make sure that something like this will never happen again.

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do.

I'm a basketball player. I understand this is a business.

I'm a basketball coach. I'm going to coach next year. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to do it in college. But if I have to coach sixth-graders, that's what I'll do.

Bill Walton

I love to cheer, and yell, and joke and to celebrate the best basketball in the world. And to see these new players, to see how good they are-guys like Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd and, of course, Shaq and Kobe, who are just off the charts. It's a real pleasure.

Jamie Kennedy

I loved my basketball and played all the way up until I made the under 16s for the state WA side and ever since then I've played football. I enjoy football a lot more,

I love it, man. I just went out there and played my best basketball. I had my teammates behind me and we played together and we played hard. We played the best basketball that we've played in a long time.

Dick Bennett

I love good basketball and I haven't been seeing it in my team. If I am to end it this year, I just want my team to go out playing good ball.

Sanaa Lathan

I love making movies. I love the fact that movies are forever. When I'm 80, my grandkids can see me in Love and Basketball and in Brown Sugar.

I'm sure Xavier wants another shot at us, too. I think it's going to be a great basketball game and a great atmosphere.

I'm thrilled and excited and at the same time very proud to represent Duquesne University as the head basketball coach. Having grown up in this area, I am very familiar with Duquesne and its tradition of success.

That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't play like that. But we just adapted.

That's Southern Illinois basketball at its finest. That's what they do. They certainly took us out of any offense in the first half.

Jimmy Smith

That's the best quarter (of basketball) I've ever coached. It wasn't just the points, but the way we got them. The effort on defense.

That's the great part about Virginia Tech being part of the ACC. Forget about only playing (the Cavaliers) once a year - how about playing them three times in a year? I think that's good for basketball in the state of Virginia.

That's OK. He sure made things look easy for us. It's good to see him become a basketball player.

That is going to be nice. This will make the basketball in this state a lot more skilled. We have great athletes, but not a lot of skilled programs. This should help.

That is a tough place to play. It's a little gym and you've got people screaming and yelling all game long. It's what high school basketball is all about.

That's a good basketball team right there. They wouldn't let us do what we wanted to do and that was pretty much the ball game.

That kid loves basketball more than probably the whole rest of this whole community.

Aaron Gray

That put them up one point. I felt we were very confident that we were still going to win the basketball game.

It's like in basketball you always need that sixth man,