Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Wayne Thomasis an American professional basketball player who last played for Eisbären Bremerhaven of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Louisiana State University before being drafted fourth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2006 NBA draft. He was then traded to the Chicago Bulls where he went on to play three and a half seasons when in February 2010, he was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 August 1986
CityBaton Rouge, LA
against chances half hit knew people shot shots sure
We knew we couldn't let them get a shot off. Because chances are ... I'm not sure of the statistics, but in March, the chances of shots going in must be greater. In March, people hit shots from half court, from the 3-point line, from everywhere. We weren't going to let that happen. And with 3.9 seconds, they had enough time, but not against our defense.
coaches knew
You said I was on nobody's radar. That's other people's fault. I knew what I could do. Coaches knew what I could do.
best eye heart knew night opponent quit
When he started making eye contact, I knew I was in him. My mind-set is to take my opponent's heart and take his soul, and that's what I try to do night in and night out. Get the best of my opponent and make him quit before I do.
determined knew screaming season start tough
I knew this was a tough place to play with 18,000 screaming fans, but we were determined to start the new season undefeated. We were relentless.
best
We weren't going to let them get the best of us.
awesome best continue country despite execute teams
We feel we are one of the best teams in the country despite our youth. If we continue to execute right we will have an awesome season.
against beat character crowd either feels good next ready team tonight wants
Duke's a team that everyone either wants to play for or against. And tonight we showed good character against a crowd that really wasn't with us, and we won. And it feels good to beat Duke. But we have to get ready for the next game.
against character coming crowd duke either good team tonight wants
Duke is a team everyone either wants to play for or play against. And tonight we showed good character by going down and then coming back against a crowd that really wasn't with us.
besides challenge feels fight mental physical
Besides the physical pain, it's also going to be a mental challenge for me to come out and fight through how it feels every day.
Big Baby. Y'all have to do your part. We've done our part.
buster douglas gave hard knocked mike punches swing swung texas
Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.
call leave man soldiers
Sometimes we call each other soldiers. And soldiers never leave a man behind.
began campus couple experience helped point pull realized shared team
That was one of the times that the team began to really pull together, because we realized that at any point that could have been our campus that was hit. We helped out, and a couple of us shared tears. It was an eye-opening experience for us.
focused games opponent playing supposed tougher win
We have to take every opponent seriously, but we were kind of focused on playing Connecticut. You have to take every opponent seriously. These are really tougher games to get up for, because we're supposed to win these games.