Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sean Miller

We have a lot of problems as a basketball team.

We have a lot of pride in this program. No one is happy dropping nine or 10 in a row but we have plenty of opportunity to win these next 15 or so games. That's a lot of basketball left to play.

We wanted to make them play man-to-man, make them come out on us so we could go to the basket and get to the foul line. We used that offense a lot this year. We've been pretty good at the free throw line.

We wanted to make a statement. A seven-year contract makes a very strong statement that we believe in him, and it makes a strong statement that we're convinced that he's going to take our basketball program to the level of national leadership that we expect.

We wanted to go up and down the court real fast, but it didn't end up happening. We just had to make sure we were crisp with our offense and play hard D, and stay together and play focused.

We wanted to go get the basketball and we really crashed the offensive boards with a little more passion. Defensively we tried to make sure we got a body on somebody and try to get the basketball.

We've got the biggest week of our basketball lives.

We've got some high expectations for all our sports programs, and we're certainly looking for some improvement in our women's basketball program.

Geno Auriemma

We've got some good basketball left in us we haven't played yet. There's a lot that still has to come together for us and hopefully it will be Monday night.

Matt Bryant

We've got pretty much a fruit basket of different kids and different athletes.

Jeff Hawkins

We've got our minds so much on basketball stuff and practice, I forgot it was New Year's Eve. Thanks for reminding me, though.

We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at our best mentally and physically in the tournament.

We have been working really hard here the past three years. We've had some hurdles like all rebuilding jobs. This year we have more players. We have more experienced players. The first-year guys we have signed are making contributions. We're kind of getting it from everywhere. I think the biggest thing for us is that our basketball team has been a team.

We have to make sure we get a crack at the basket every possession.

We?re not a very skilled team. We have kids who play hard. ... We don?t have good basketball skills. And in games like this, it hurts.

Rick Carlisle

We're not a very good basketball team right now. This was very disappointing. We couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle. The ball not going in in the third was key.

Rick Carlisle

We're not a very good basketball team right now. This was very disappointing.

Jose Fernandez

We're not a very good basketball team right now. But hand it to them, I thought they brought a ton of energy and they brought a ton of enthusiasm and they made plays. And they did whatever they wanted to do. I'm embarrassed that we didn't give a better showing.

Usually, Saint Joe's teams play their best basketball this time of year. We are just going to have to take this game, learn from it and move on. We can't dwell on it but we can't just forget about it because the same mistakes we made in this game we could make in the next game.

With the way things have been, we don't want to get too excited. It's fun to be playing basketball now. It wasn't there for a while.

We have all the tools that we need. We went on a five-game winning streak with these same guys in this room. So we've proven we can do it. We just need to come out every day and do what we need to do on the basketball court and let the front office handle the rest.

My body's had it. I feel like I'm a lot older than I am. I've lived my basketball life. I've enjoyed it and it's time to move on to what in my opinion are bigger and better things.

Most of the big UTEP basketball games were NCAA tournament games. We were on TV because we had success, with the history of coach (Don) Haskins and the 1966 national championship team. If you're good, you'll be put on TV. If you're not good, you won't be on TV.

Ronnie Brewer

Most basketball players don?t like sitting around, waiting all day. You kind of get anxious. You start thinking about the game too much.

Meredith is not getting a lot of numbers so far this season, but she's learning that basketball is more than numbers. She's gaining a lot of valuable experience and things are going to start to click for her.

Middleton is an excellent basketball team. They did a great job on Weddle. In turn, our guys played well defensively. We went to our full-court press and half-court man-to-man in the third quarter when we were down by 11.

Michigan State is a fine basketball team, no doubt about it. We're proud of what they've done for our state. Our only regret is not playing our style of ball at the start of the game.

Michigan-Michigan State basketball, I don't talk to him. He calls me. He wants to talk.

Wiggins is the real deal. She's the Vince Young of women's basketball.

Ben Wallace

Whoever wins this is the world real basketball champion.

Jason Chaffetz

When Steny Hoyer brings up a resolution to support and recognize the University of Maryland men's basketball team - I'm not making this up - before we even had March madness, then you just know that it's just political favoritism.

We just went ice cold. Sometimes you can't describe it. The basket just seems like it's the size of a pinhead.

We just want to play great basketball. We still have work to do, but this is a fun team to coach.