Tony Skinn

Tony Skinn
Tony Oludewa Skinnis a Nigerian American professional basketball player, and a former college basketball player, who played starting guard for the George Mason University Patriots. Skinn was born in Lagos, Nigeria...
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I think we've done something tremendous for college basketball. We showed that all you need is opportunity, a chance. Then you just go out there and play great basketball. I'm definitely happy I was a part of something special.
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I think we've done something tremendous for college basketball, for the teams that are out there that watched us play, you know, just to show them that all you need is opportunity and a chance.
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I think we've done something tremendous for all of college basketball. We showed the other teams out there that all you need is opportunity and a chance, and you can do something very special.
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Jai is an unusual athlete. You look at his size and you think that he?s slow, but Jai is the total opposite. He is quick with his hands and feet and he can do a lot of things that big guys his size can?t do. He shoots the ball well, he can dribble the ball and also he can use his body down low.
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I think it's been working for us, calling us Cinderella. We were not supposed to get into the tournament.
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Going into that game we wanted to play the same basketball we'd been playing all year. The odds were against us, we were playing on the road, but fortunately for us we went out there and played a great game.
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If that will make our opponent not take our abilities seriously, then let us be the Cinderella.
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He had to do what he had to do. If I did something wrong at home, my mother had to punish me and I'm not going to argue with her. It's one of those disciplinary things.
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We've been trying to prove ourselves all year. We heard what the critics were saying -- that we didn't belong in the tournament. The confidence level has risen, and we've gotten a chance to show the country what we're capable of.
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Being on the court is a whole lot easier than being on the bench. It's a roller coaster ride on the bench.
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I hope no one is counting us out because we could bring back the national championship to D.C.. It's unbelievable, man. Never count a team out.
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I heard somebody say he was the president, but I know he wasn't the president. I have no clue who he was.
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He's enjoying it. He's loving it. We're not ready for him to go back to DC yet. We hope to keep him here a couple more days.
I don't think that was a fluke. Do you think that was a fluke?