Dane Bradshaw
Dane Bradshaw
city love memphis referring
I was never referring to the city of Memphis or the players. I should have used better terminology. I love the city and the program.
case coach continue definitely good obviously says situation teams turned
You can definitely make the case that this was good for us, the way it turned out. Coach says the teams we play obviously will continue to get better, but the situation we were in won't get any tougher.
aside pulled realize twice until
I didn't even realize I did it twice until someone pulled me aside and told me.
coach coaching contagious few game leads lost pearl picking starting telling versus wisconsin
Coach Pearl was telling me about a game versus Wisconsin he had. He said that was one of the few leads he's lost in his coaching career. We're picking up on the coaches' mentality, and it's starting to become contagious around here.
afraid coach crack feeling hard joke seconds
Coach is not afraid to crack a joke in the huddle with 30 seconds left. There's just something about it, it's hard to explain. But there's a feeling that even if we're down with 40 seconds to play, we're going to find a way to win.
coach gets major point
Coach gets his point across. Major will be fine. It's not just on him. It's on everybody.
anybody count everybody trade
I know I wouldn't trade him for anybody else in the league. You can't count all the things he does to make everybody else around him look better.
again deep depressed feeling good locker maybe room silent
I haven't been around a locker room that silent and depressed in a long time. You really don't take much good out of this. But maybe it's good we have this feeling right now, because we can't have it again if we want to go deep in the (NCAA) Tournament.
blessing next opportunity senior situation treat year
I told everyone to treat this like your senior year because you don't know what next year will bring. To be in this situation and have this opportunity is a real blessing for us all.
becoming buy clothes early event football girls people saying shirt starting talking treat
It's amazing. People are starting to treat it like a football game. Girls are saying they have to buy some new clothes or a new shirt for the game, and they're talking about how early they have to get to the game. It's becoming an all-day event now.
compete hard opponent realize view win wire
That's how each opponent is going to view us now going down the stretch. It's down to the wire for a lot of people, and they need a big win. We've got to realize we need that win just as bad, and we're going to go out and compete as hard as we can.
battle game mental percent team
No team is 100 percent right now. That's the part of the game you have to battle through. It's about mental toughness.
career goes road special won
This is the most special place on the road for me. In my mind, I know that I've won at Kentucky. It's something that goes on the career resume.
bring easy energy game playing step
Even when we started to get a double-digit lead, we were still playing a little sloppy, and they were getting some easy buckets. We've got to step up and bring the energy every game if we want to be champions.