Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't come here to end a streak or just to beat West Aurora. We came here to win a basketball game.

Kirk Hinrich

We didn't come close to playing the type of basketball we need to play to win.

We didn't change anything up at halftime. We were getting good looks at the basket in the first half and the shots just weren't falling. I told them to keep their heads up and keep shooting. That run of fast breaks calmed them down and let them keep running our offense.

Charles Barkley

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

Charles Barkley

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

Eric Schmidt

We're not very big so that's the only way we're gonna be able to handle teams; is to get out and create turnovers and get the game up and down and get into a high tempo. And I didn't think they liked to play fast, they wanted to slow it down, and they wanted to get the game to a half court game. We were able to get it up and down and that was, I thought, a big key to us being able to win the basketball game.

We're not usually a basketball program, we're wrestling. This was the first time we had done anything even near this big in our program. It puts us on the map. We'll try to make some noise in states.

We're not satisfied with being 8-8 in the league. I feel we're playing pretty good basketball right now. If we keep it up for 40 minutes, I think we're going to be a good team (in the postseason).

We are really close to being an excellent basketball team. I think if you're both teams you want to play your best before the postseason. And Mattoon has typically had hard-nosed, fundamentally sound basketball teams.

We are playing with confidence. It is clicking right now. We are starting to understand how to control a basketball game, and we are jelling as a team at the right time. It is a nice feeling to see these kids play the way they have.

Jim Nelson

We are playing some good basketball right now, so we are looking forward to the playoffs.

Kenny Brown

We are playing pretty good basketball and this tournament will show how good we have become.

We are players, basketball players and we do a lot of things.

Kevin Young

We are on scholarship to play basketball. We're not on scholarship to go to journalism school and write papers. We're here to play basketball. It's like a job. You have a choice. You can either quit or keep playing and I hope everybody keeps playing.

To be where we're at is great. But we still have a lot of basketball to go. We sure would like to be where we're at. That's a good spot to be in. But our next challenge is Oregon State.

Skip Bertman

Pokey has stepped in and taken our women's basketball program to heights never reached before here at LSU,

(Plymouth) is a very good basketball team. They won 16 games in a good conference.

Bill Self

Personally I think it was a heck of a college basketball game. The crowd was great. Both teams competed their tails off. Plays at the end of regulation and overtime ... it was just unfortunate for us they made the last play.

One thing is, late in the game, I just could not get the play I wanted run, and that hurt us some. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense, ... They made the shot (by Powell), and I had four seconds to go. I should have never called the play that we take it to the basket and try to draw the foul.

Richard Lane

Nick wants to put a basketball hoop in here, ... And the concrete floor is a great surface for bouncing a basketball.

Nick is getting better and better with each game he plays. He's been out of basketball a couple of years and he's starting to get some of his old habits back. He played another great game for us and we expect great things from him in the future.

Nicole has been a big part of our basketball team for four years. She's given us good leadership.

Greg Thomas

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Jim Calhoun

On paper, we seem to be a deep, big and experienced basketball team that should be ranked in the top 10 teams in America.

Brad Soderberg

On paper, we're .500, but if you look in deeper, we're so close to being a really good basketball team.

Tommy Amaker

On the floor, I thought we had a terrific defensive performance. I thought we were very active, I thought our team shared the basketball really well. We certainly tried to take care of it. Obviously, with 23 assists and 13 turnovers, for us, that was the difference.

Michael Finley

Only two guys didn't have a break and that was Tony and Tim. Everybody else relaxed and just got away from basketball a little bit and was fired up to come back here and compete and that's what we did.

Allen Iverson

I was struggling. I couldn't really go to the basket as quick as I wanted to. When I did it was real painful.

Karl Hobbs

I was so impressed with St. Bonaventure tonight. It's kind of unfortunate they're playing their best basketball now. I truly believe they got a couple wins left in them. Unfortunately, the season has kind of caught up to them a little bit. We were pretty nervous. Thank God for our experience. That was the only difference.

I was shocked when I read it in the paper. He's going to be missed -- not just at West. The game of basketball has lost a great coach.

Rudy Carpenter

I was telling the coach before the game let me throw deep. I had a feeling because of the way I was throwing in practice all week. I told everyone before the game, I'm feeling hot. If this was a basketball game, I was going to score 50 points.

I wouldn't say we're the best (every year). But to be the best you have to go through us. I thought they were a very scrappy team, had a lot of hustle and were basketball savvy.

I worked with some great basketball people. It was a great training ground.