Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamiltonis an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards. In his 23 years as a collegiate head coach, his teams have qualified for seven NCAA tournaments and eight NITs, highlighted by appearances in the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen" in 2000and 2011. While with the NBA's Wizards his team posted a...
allow care caught games gonna heart information none particular speaking takes win
They are entertainers and they're speaking from their heart and the information that they have, but at this particular time, none of that matters, because we still got games to play. I'm not gonna allow myself to get all caught up in all these things, because if you win enough games, it takes care of itself.
created played result team
There were things we created just as a result of being aggressive. (We) played like a team that was very, very hungry.
continue painful
This is very painful because when something comes to an end that you want so bad, you want to continue to keep playing. It hurts.
future games larger sure uncharted waters win
This is uncharted waters for us. I'm sure that in the future we'll try to win games by a little larger margin.
ego unselfish win
They play to each other's strengths. They play with an unselfish spirit, and they play to win without any ego.
comments critical equal impact knocked looks maybe necessary parts players plays relation seen stops technical theirs tough win
Any comments that I make in relation to the technical foul, and the impact that it did or did not have on the game, I think would be seen as (taking) away from how outstanding I think Duke's players played. They made tough shots. They made the plays they had to make to win the game. We had equal opportunities, and we didn't come away with the points. We didn't get the stops that were necessary during the critical parts of the game, and we had maybe even some better looks than what they had; they knocked theirs down and we didn't.
bigger expect jump next
As big a jump as he's made this year, we expect him to make a bigger jump next year.
game second similar third
This is the first game of the second third of our season. In the ACC every game will be similar to what we had today.
building credit journey mental mostly process team
This is part of the journey. This is part of the process you go through, building programs. You have to give your team credit for making this kind of progress, but you also have to find a way to get over the hump, and that's mostly mental at this point.
awful carolina change south test
South Carolina will test us physically. They change defenses an awful lot and try to keep you out of rhythm.
becomes communication effort energy fun takes type understand
Once you understand the type of energy that it takes, the type of effort and communication it takes with your teammates, then it becomes fun when you're all on the same page.
credit defended great kids opposed players shots tough
They were defended about as well as we can defend them. They made shots that were tough shots and that's what great players do. I have to give them credit for making those shots as opposed to what our kids didn't do.
ball good job moving patient playing shot
I thought they did a very good job of being patient on offense, moving the ball around and playing the shot clock.
energy gave team utilize
I thought that really, really gave us a big boost. And we need that kind of energy from our team if we're going to utilize our depth.