Ryan Hollins
Ryan Hollins
Ryan Kenwood Hollinsis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is a 7-foot center who played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 October 1984
CityPasadena, CA
chemistry faith guys team
It's pretty much team chemistry and guys having faith in me.
faith finally gave guys paying playing team
It's because of our team chemistry, because of guys having faith in me, because of me having faith in me. I'm a guy who never gave up on myself. Being out there and just playing hard, it's finally paying off.
deserve great national played team
They were unbelievable tonight. They are the national champions. They played like it, and they deserve it. They played great defense, they played as a team and they rebounded.
accepted accidents best easy national ncaa second team
There are no accidents in any NCAA Tournament. There are no accidents being a championship team. Because it is a one-and-done situation, there are no second chances, no easy games. What national championship team hasn't been accepted as the best team in the country?
adversity against counted happier hard injuries sticking team together worked
To be counted out, and for our team to pretty much come together as we have against all the adversity, doubters, injuries ... we just worked hard every day. I couldn't be happier for my guys. We're a team. We're a family. We're sticking together.
beat defense good shots team wins
Defense wins championships and our shots fell. That's a very, very good team we just beat tonight.
box everybody glass goes guards help hit hustle needs team
Hustle is big. That's a team effort. Everybody needs to hit the glass this game. Our guards need to get in there. Me and Luc need to box out well. Their whole team goes (to the glass) well, so we're going to need all the help we can get.
bringing earn energy lead looking starting team whatever
I'm not looking at it (like I have to earn the starting job). It's more about bringing energy and doing whatever the team needs. You lead by example.
achieve certain glad goals goes player season type whenever
It was tough. Any player goes into the season with certain goals and expectations and whenever you don't achieve them it's pretty depressing. But I am not the type of person to give up. I never have. I am just glad things are going well right now.
decision toughest
It was the toughest decision of my life.
national respect won
You have to respect Zidek. He won a national title, too.
assume bring game games last lost saw washington win
We can't even think about being in first place, because you saw Washington lost two games last weekend. One game and we're tied. You got to bring it every night, you can't concede any game or just assume that we're going to win it.
across chest pride
We know that U-C-L-A is across our chest and to play with pride and tradition.
next played practice prove run week
I don't run from problems. The next week at practice I played with a sense of urgency. I wanted to prove myself.