Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have only lost to two teams in the region. I think we are playing our best basketball right now.

We just came up short. We can't hang our heads. That's a great basketball team.

We intend to have a good basketball team next year and I feel confident that we will. We've developed the unity and spirit it's going to take to move the program to the next level.

We just couldn't make shots. We got good shots and the girls played hard. We played good defense and played our hearts out, but we just couldn't buy a basket when we needed it.

We just couldn't get much going offensively. The looks we got at the basket weren't good looks. They were rushed and off balance.

You just knew Thurston was going to come back. Even at 18-2, I knew it was going to be something like this. That's what playoff basketball is.

You just kind of get out there and don't even think about it. You're just playing basketball. We've all played basketball at some level at every point in our lives. You're just out there trying to execute.

Billy Donovan

You just don't see a lot of players like Glen Davis in college basketball.

Amy Stephens

You can call me a disciplinarian, but I like to think we brought high expectations to the basketball program in terms of the work ethic, in terms of our vision for the program.

Winning the regional title and beating North was an emotionally difficult experience for me because Dave and I have been friends for 25 years and we had to beat someone you care about and kids your care about. But I like to think of it as a great basketball game between two good teams.

Kelvin Sampson

Whoever got Mike Neal was getting an impact guard, and we obviously knew that coming in. A lot of times shooters are one-trick ponies. Michael is an outstanding shooter who happens to be a really good basketball player.

We couldn't get over the hump. We made a good effort to get within eight (points). But then the next three possessions, we turned the basketball over.

It definitely didn't come from out of the blue. Danny (Ainge, the Celtics' vice president of basketball operations) and I have been talking about finding a spot for Marcus for a while.

Jim Boeheim

I think John's place in Syracuse basketball history is underappreciated, ... We were facing some tough times and he easily could have turned his back on us and committed someplace else, but he stuck with us. During that 1996 tournament, he literally carried us on his shoulders to the title game.

I think maybe 10-15 years from now she's going to be the one everybody looks back on and say she's the best women's player in the history of women's basketball before it's all said and done. She's special.

Channing Frye

I think I've seen (the replay) about 100 times now. I heard people say things about Nate and that it was his fault, it wasn't his fault. It was just a basketball play. Stuff like that happens. He felt real bad. I told him I would've done the same thing.

Scott Skiles

I thought he showed some flashes of what stuff he could do. He scored around the basket and showed a nice touch on a perimeter shot. I was happy to be able to give him as many minutes.

Jerry Sloan

I thought he (Palacio) played pretty well. He played defense well, which is tough no matter which of those guys you put him on. The important thing is we did a good job of keeping them on top of the basket and made them shoot over the top of us.

I thought it went in. I was under the basket and I thought it went in.

I think they're beginning to get a little more relaxed. The hardest part is just getting a basketball court sense. You can't teach that much. You can show them an offense and then they have to learn to react to what the defense is doing. They're starting to get that more and more each day.

I think they're a great basketball team. I think they're as talented as anybody. They play both ends of the floor. They have great depth. They play very hard. I've been exceedingly impressed with Florida State this season.

(Johns Hopkins) is such different team. They actually beat McDaniel and Dickinson twice in the regular season. They have a starting line up of 5-8, 5-9, 5-10 to 6-0. They have substitutes that are about the same size. We want to bring them away from the basket a bit. We're going to have to hit a few shots from the outside early and make them come out. And then we start doing what we do best and that is play team basketball.

Justin comes with no issues, no agenda, other than being the best basketball player he can be. He's a gentleman around school. He's a quality kid, and I really like him a lot.

It is definitely a game we have circled on our calendar. We take a lot of pride in our basketball and we have a lot of school pride.

I think this is a statement that we are improving. We are a tough basketball team. We have to take that toughness on the road as well as home.

James Blake

Maybe I'm a slow learner. But he doesn't make it easy. I'm starting to feel like one of those basketball players in the early '90s. You feel like you make Michael Jordan play well, but then every time he comes up and beats you and makes you realize why he's the best.

Dwyane Wade

Maybe I got hurt for a reason - to bring these guys here and we all celebrate together over on Biscayne Bay one day,

Man, it's been fun. Right now this team is playing great basketball and we just want to keep that rolling.

Shane Battier

I'm happy for him. He's a good dude. He's a hard worker and he has a great basketball mind. He took his last school to the dance. I think it's a good hire for Oklahoma.

I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.

B. J. Novak

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?

Kyle Korver

We've talked more about defense in practice. When we watch film, that's all we watch is defense -- we don't even watch our offense right now. (Defense) has just been our focus. We're playing a different style of basketball right now in terms of slowing it down. We're playing well.

We've talked a lot about this being a basketball state. People said they wanted a team, and now we're here. We're one of the final four. These players deserve it (fan support), not only for what they've done on the court, but off the court, especially.