Famous Quotes & Sayings

It says a lot about the level of basketball being played in the area. Mansfield Senior is in the top 10 in the state in wins. There is some very good basketball played in this part of the state.

It says a lot about Josh and his commitment to basketball that he's going to have this phenomenal opportunity presented to him, ... He was focused and really determined this summer to prove a lot of people wrong and say, 'I can play at this level.'

It's a win-win situation. They're getting a heck of a player. I think Kim flew under the radar because she opted not to play travel basketball and play with her high school team. She didn't get a lot of exposure, but if you're good enough, they'll find you.

John Jay

It's a conclusion of a marvelous career of an honorable man. Everything good about college basketball is in Dick Bennett.

Jay Wright

It?s a chance. He understands that. When we recruited him, he never said that he wanted to leave early. I think he?s as surprised that he?s in this position and had to make a decision as anybody. And that?s what was so difficult for him. He was not prepared to make this decision during the basketball season. He was not even thinking about it.

It's a challenging draw for us. We've got to take the long route (with a Tuesday game), but the good thing is we've just recently played Northwest and we've played Ben Davis. We've also won eight in a row, and I think we're playing our best basketball of the year.

Jim Les

We play in a major basketball conference. There are some awfully good players here. Some players who were snubbed a little bit at the higher schools, and they've got a chip on their shoulders.

We played with composure and we controlled the clock. It was real basketball and it's taken us a long time to get here.

Jeff Schaffer

We played well. We're finally starting to come together. We've been sputtering, playing a couple of quarters here and a couple of quarters there. Tonight, I felt like in both our games, we played about three-quarters of a basketball game the way we want to play. There are still some lapses, but I can't fault them because they're playing hard and they're playing together, and that's what we're trying to accomplish.

We played all 40 minutes of that basketball game. We held them.

We played a great team. We just played very well. We had stops. You play good defense and you get those spurts. We didn't want to match them basket for basket.

We played a full 40 minutes of sound basketball.

Bernie Bickerstaff

We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to get back into it. The shot Brand made late in the game was a big-time shot and he made it at a very critical time in the basketball game.

We played a big, big week of basketball. I was wondering if some of it would catch up to us.

We play Amador Friday in Sutter Creek at 5 p.m.. Please come out and support all basketball in our county.

We probably played our best quarter of basketball of the season.

We probably have 10 to 12 guys on our basketball team that will have 40 quarters of experience for next year. If we can get a win (Friday) it will give us some momentum. For any kind of win will help us with the season we're having. It's able to keep the kids energized and excited about coming to practice and the players have done a good job.

Vince Staples

When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.

We know what happened the first 10 minutes, and we know what happened the last 30. I try to focus on the 30 because that's what makes us a good basketball team.

We know we've got a big challenge in front of us. But we're starting to play very good basketball as well.

Larry Brown

When I was a kid, they had six hockey teams, they had eight to 10 basketball teams. The teams played each other once, twice a week. Maybe we should stack (the schedule) a little in terms of conference games.

Al Kaline

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

Al McGuire

Live in the moment that you are in.

Al McGuire

You better have great practices.

Al McGuire

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

Al McGuire

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

Al McGuire

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

Al McGuire

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

Al McGuire

It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

Al McGuire

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

Al McGuire

You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.

We want to take our time and get good shots. You take a quick shot, they get the rebound and they're off to the races. That's not something we want happening.

Chris Bosh

We didnt come out with any energy. We know were not good enough to let the game come to us. We have to come with high energy, play hard team basketball and do everything the right way. Coming into the season, we all knew we didnt have too much room for error.