Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Les

I told the team after the game not to hang their heads because that was an awfully good basketball team we played. We needed to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't was because of what they do and how they play.

Brian Keith

(I told them we should) just prepare ourselves the best as we can, and not get caught up in it being such a big game. This is just a basketball game. We are just trying to keep it simple right now.

It puts things in perspective. We're just playing a basketball game. What those people experienced is real life.

It puts a lot more pressure on the type of players that we recruit. We have to get players who we feel are committed to get that degree before they leave. But we know that in our sport the trend is two years max before trying it as a professional. It just needs to keep being tweaked every year. The system now is really going to penalize baseball, basketball and football, and that's not fair to those programs.

This is the last season for the seniors and we just want to enjoy it. We only have a couple games left of high school basketball so we want to make the most of it.

Mark Madsen

This is the way that we play basketball. Communicating, talking, getting guys through the pick-and-roll.

Jeremy Foley

This just reaffirms what we've been saying all along: This is a big-time basketball school with a big-time basketball coach. Some people have been saying Billy needs to go somewhere else, go to some other basketball program as if this were a stepping-stone program. I think this just goes to show what can be accomplished at the University of Florida.

Tom Izzo

This is a very, very good basketball team. And it was a big win because we had to win it the defensive way.

Baron Davis

They pound us on the boards every time they play us. If we can do a better job of rebounding the basketball and close that rebounding gap, we'll be all right.

They play good defense, so we've got to be extremely careful with the basketball. If we can play a half-court game, that ups our chances of winning. We've got to make it an inside game. Try to get the inside going first.

They're a team of basketball players. They're not a team of positions. But they create problems you're not going to see the rest of the year.

Pat Summitt

They're a solid basketball team. They've got all the parts.

They're a pretty good basketball team. They do a lot of things right. We'll have to play pretty well, but we're playing.

Lisa Stone

They're a powerful basketball team. We hung around for a while, but they're a powerful team.

Karl Hobbs

They're an improved basketball team. They're really playing within themselves. I think Coach (John Giannini) has done a great job of not letting opponents get comfortable. They do different things depending on who they play. We're going to have to execute well and have to be able to think on our feet.

They're also a very tough basketball team. They have some great inside players and a very good perimeter game. So we'll just execute the game plan as we've done these past couple of games.

They're good. Darrel Mitchell is the key to that basketball team, though.

Bruce Bowen

They're rolling right now. They're not the same team we saw earlier, and they have nothing to lose. They're playing really good basketball right now, and you have to give them credit for what they did. But we should have given a better effort tonight.

They're ready. Everybody's playing unselfish basketball, which I've always preached. I envisioned guys playing competitive basketball. I envisioned us doing well coming into the job.

They're playing with more confidence and playing the kind of basketball Kentucky's been known to play.

Tim Duncan

They're playing very well, probably the best basketball in the league right now. We're going to their house where they are even tougher and we haven't been that great on the road. So we're up for one heck of a challenge, and it will be a great time for it.

They're playing the best basketball in the conference right now. They're playing with a lot of confidence, hitting shots and playing very well as a team.

Ron Hunter

They're playing good basketball and are one of the top three or four teams in the league.

They're both good basketball players. I like having those options with those guys.

They're big and strong. They have a couple of good big men around the basket and with their experienced guards, this should be a very good game.

Vince Carter

They're a young team, ... They play really hard and keep coming. We just wanted to continue to play as hard and just a little longer. We were fortunate to get what we wanted at the end, which was a basket and a win.

They're a very poised basketball team. We gave up second shots at key times. That really hurt us.

Jim Boeheim

They're a very good defensive team, and they deserved to win the basketball game.

They're a very good basketball team. We didn't play our best game tonight and they did. So the credit goes to them.

They're a very good basketball team and we've got them on their home floor. They're fresh and they don't have to travel a day. I mean, I could get to the East Coast as fast as I could get to Wyoming.

They're all good kids and basketball junkies. The sophomore class has talent and depth. The one thing we really don't have in the program is size.

They're a great team and they're very well-coached. They're great, but not cocky. They go out there and leave it all on the floor. ... They're a classy organization. I respect them a lot, and we'll have to play a great basketball game to beat them.

They're a great team and they're doing a lot of good things with the basketball right now. We gave them everything we had. We just came up on the short end of the stick.