Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Matt Thissen

San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Bobby Cremins

I've been blessed. I got to live the American dream when I was coaching, and I continue to live the American dream. Without basketball in my life, I don't know what I would have wound up doing.

Mike Predmore

They are a great group of guys and a great group of young men. I'm not taking anything away from them as basketball players, but they really are great people. I can't say enough about them as people. In the long run, that's probably more important than anything else in life.

Todd Hansen

This is a nice win because it puts us up two games over three teams. We've been winning games, but could only get a one-game lead. Now we've got a little cushion. I thought our kids played a pretty good basketball game tonight.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

William Brown

This is the Fairview Classic. You can throw the X's and O's out when we get together, it is all about heart. Both teams competed hard, and basketball in Montgomery is back.

Hayley Hasselhoff

Straight sized boards are models size 0-6. Plus size boards are models starting at a 10. If a size 8 girl was 5' 11 and curvy, she'd be on the plus sized board, because there's nothing in between.

Karolina Piotrkiewicz

We weren't hustling for all 40 minutes. Everyone just tends to forget it; we still have to stay on the boards. Today, we definitely forgot to go to the boards every once in a while.

Steve Manguso

Tyler did a good job scoring. They played a box-and-1 on him and he really had to work for his points on the boards and in transition.

Billy Donovan

I thought we played well on the defensive end to only be down at 11 at the half with the way we shot the ball. As well as we played defensively in the first half, we didn't do the things we needed to on the boards and on defense in the second half.

Pat Flaherty

I think you've got to try to limit their touches as much possible which is difficult with their size. You have to try to keep them off the boards and out of the paint as much as possible, which is easier said than done.

Pat Clatchey

I love that kid because he gets it done on both ends of the floor. Dino is just a real hard worker. He gives a great effort defensively and on the boards every night and his offense is really coming along.

Marvin Williams

They manhandled us on the boards tonight. They were more physical than we were and seemed like they wanted it more.

Mike Seward

They got a lot of second and third shots. The boards kill you. If you don't control the boards, you're in trouble.

Becky Hammon

We didn't crash the boards when we should have, ... We settled for jumpers instead of getting to the line.

Mark Ellis

Even as a young guy, he takes control. That's his infield out there, and that's the way it should be.

Doug Miller

Being young, sometimes you don't know how to control your emotions. He'll mature. I'd take him on my team any time.

Alexander Haig

Until he left office, that man was in control. He was distraught. He was in a personal crisis of unprecedented magnitude -- all he ever wanted was to be president. But of all the presidents I have known, he was the most thoughtful.

Larry Wright

You can't control the story if you don't tell your story. As long as this is true, others will define who you are.

Graham Taylor

Everyone talks about his height as though that's all there is to him. But he's a very good player. Look at his touch, look at his passing, look at his control

Clay Millican

Every run presents a different set of problems. I can't control what (opponent) they're doing at all. So it means nothing. Everybody has weekends or days or runs where they made mistakes. That's kind of what drag racing is all about. Who puts together a run with less mistakes than the other guy.

Ken Gordon

Every day, they will be under the control of the coach. He may want them to play in a territorial match. He may want them in a classroom. Everyone on a retainer will be under year-long development program, the same as with all international teams.

Reza Ghasemi

As time went on we were able to take control and we controlled the game. We really dominated.

Lech Walesa

At that time, I tried to control enthusiasm and streamline it in the right direction. Today I only try to share my experience, pass it on and do something good for the world.

Ashley Watkins

North's got two players that are hard to guard man-to-man, so we got in that zone. It was working, so we stayed there.

Gina Jones

Now that the truth is out, I want justice. I want the guards and nurse to be arrested.

Jon Scheyer

I think it wore him down a little having to guard me. I was trying to run off screens a lot in the second half and just make him tired.

Bill Laimbeer

We were looking for a guard who can play the 1 or 2.

Ken Carey

We played awesome. We let our guard down in the sixth.

Tom Izzo

He can guard anybody. I'd let him guard a post guy,

Jason Hanson

He can guard a guard or an inside player. It doesn't matter where he does whatever you ask.

Vance Downs

I'd say about the mid-point of the third quarter, they got on a run and hit some big shots. There were stretches of that quarter where we didn't guard very well. We've got to make those corrections and get better (defensively).

Terry Stotts

I don't want to slow it down. With a guard like T.J. Ford, there's no way you can slow it down. I'd like to push it up for 82 games.

Derrick Estelle

Earl does what Earl does. Score, rebound and intimidate.

Don Bringle

We've got to rebound and become strong. It will take a little time to do that, but we will, and we'll survive that process.

Brent Pohlonski

We always say our team is like a family. With so many sets of siblings, it just makes it more like a family.

Lonnie Bunch

My first task for tomorrow is to stop smiling.

Dee Brown

That was what we set out to do, stop Grier.

Mike Gatting

He's got 600 but he won't be stopping there,

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.

Questlove

Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time,

Dan Davis

I told them to stop their friend. They didn't.

Kyle Chandler

I've stopped racing to get to the red light.

Mark Messier

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.