Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tarence Kinsey

Basketball is a game of runs. We had had some runs, but they had more runs and better runs than we did.

Basketball is a game of runs. Our team responded well tonight when they made their runs. We bent, but did not break.

Basketball is a game of runs. I've heard that from all of my coaches and I tell the kids that now. We made a run and then they made a run. It's just a good hard-fought game when it's like that. I like games like that; those are the best.

Basketball is a game of runs. It's just all a matter of how you handle it.

Basketball is a game of runs. I guess Indianola had longer runs than we did.

Tarence Kinsey

Basketball is a game of runs. Everybody can easily run off 10 or 12 points real quick. It is just how we respond when they start going on a run.

Basketball is a game of runs, and whoever has the last one usually wins.

Basketball is a game of runs, and we had a run they didn't match. Our pressure led to some quick turnovers and some threes. That run ended up hurting them late in the game.

Basketball is a game of runs, and we got our run just at the right time.

Basketball is a game of easy baskets ... and we had no place to go for easy baskets.

Basketball is a discipline game. There is a time for running and gunning and a time to slow things down.

Basketball is 40 minutes. It's not 20 minutes. You have to play 40 minutes.

Basketball in the state of Iowa is probably at an all-time high.

Basketball in Kentucky is supposed to be really big, but you never know for sure what to expect. The players are all excited about the opportunity to see what basketball is like in another part of the country. I don't think any of the players have ever been to this part of the country before.

Tex Winter

Basketball has been my life. There are trials and tribulations, it's time-consuming. But there's glory and the thrill of competition. I've never emphasized winning or losing. It's giving your best and the glory of competition - that's what keeps me in it.

Basketball has always been my first love. Second, I want to be the point guard at Duke. I don't want any obstacle to get in my way of that, even if that means giving up football.

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David Cohen

Basketball doesn't get any better than that. Just being able to run up and down the court, getting transition buckets. It doesn't get any better than that.

Tex Winter

Basketball can really burst your bubble. There are moments you want to walk away from it and never come back. Somehow, I'v always gotten over those moments.

Basketball ain't No. 1 no more, not now. Yes, it will hurt, but I've got to move on. School is important, that's all.

Because we had transition baskets like that, it is kind of why we got sloppy. We were trying to make every play into a transition basket instead of playing solid basketball at certain times.

I looked up at the score several times (and said), 'Alright, we're at six, let's just keep cutting it.' ? It was definitely frustrating. We were looking for that one basket just to get over that little hump.

Mo Williams

I look up to him man, I do. Being a basketball player, coming from the same city the same town, he set the mold for us to shoot for.

Bill Laimbeer

I have a great deal of respect for Isiah as a leader and basketball mind.

I have a lot of pride in what I do on the basketball court, but it's a team effort. If I can give back my 12 points and we could win, I would have done that. I was all about getting the (win) and trying to advance.

Ron Howard

I had a short-term retirement after the basketball season that lasted a couple of minutes. But I missed the kids.

I have been a part of one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history when we beat Duke two years ago. This tops that.

Phil Jackson

I have my hopes as to how we can grow as a basketball club,

I have never been more excited and energized about a head coaching appointment in my career than I am with the hiring of Ben Jacobson as our men's basketball coach. Ben is ready to take this step. He has the support of the current team and our recruiting class and he will do a great job of maintaining the excellence that we have built in our men's basketball program.

Dee Brown

I hang with E.B. (Halsey), Mel (Melvin Bryant) and J.D. (Jason Davis). I beat them in video games, and they beat me in video games. Those are my guys. They know I played football and that I have a special love for football. Illinois is a football school as well as a basketball school, so I have to show them respect.

Roy Williams

I hate it for Mike, because he was so diligent this past summer in doing what he had to do to join our basketball program,

Roy Williams

I hate it for Damion because he was prepared to play this year and had an opportunity to help us, ... From a basketball perspective, it certainly has an impact on our frontcourt depth. We didn't have much to start with, and now we are losing our biggest low-post player.

Nick Lowe

I give Central all the credit in the world. They battled. They put four quarters together. We know we're always going to get Central's best effort. They were prepared tonight and played hard. We beat a good basketball team.