Famous Quotes & Sayings

They showed us what playoff basketball is all about. It will be good for us to have gone through this if we learn from it.

They showed us what playoff basketball is about. It was good for us to go through. We've experienced some ups and downs in the past and we've bounced back before. So I'm going to spin this into a positive and say that this butt-kicking was a good lesson for us on both ends of the floor.

They're used to getting up early in the morning. They're just not used to playing basketball then. So we're going to have to do something.

They're used to competition, and they love the competition. The pressure doesn't seem to make them want to back off. If anything it might make them step up to that next level, which is where you've got to be able to get, and hopefully these kids will be able to do that in basketball as the next few weeks unwind.

They're the type of kids that set the stage. These freshmen we have now, all they talk about is Sally and Sarah, Sally and Sarah, and the only thing they talk about in terms of basketball is how hard they play. They've set the stage high and, hopefully, we'll be able to keep that.

Steve Alford

They've got an incredible resume, this is a very good basketball team, and we know that. They aren't going to be intimidated or worry about playing a Big Ten opponent.

Mike Harris

They told me exactly what style of basketball they like to run, which is up and down the court. They're just great coaches all around there. (New Rochelle) was beautiful and I felt loved as soon as I got there. It felt like my family.

They (the fans) are never going to forget to go to football games. This is a dominant football school. But we're trying to get basketball up there with the football program.

Byron Scott

They said he was going to be out a minimum of two weeks and he misses one game. It just shows you the type of person that he is. He's doing some unbelievable things for this basketball team. It just shows the type of character (he has).

They say every village in Oaxaca, like Chiapas, has a basketball court. Sometimes there's not much else there.

Roy H. Williams

It's very disappointing there's no question about that. If you didn't care about who won the game, you had to enjoy the ebb and flow of a great college basketball game. But I do care who wins, and so it wasn't that much fun for me.

It?s very difficult knowing you did what you could and it was still in someone else?s hands. But that?s what basketball is -- sometimes you get it, sometimes it gets you.

It's not over until the final tick of the clock. Hopefully, the basketball gods will bless us.

It's not just soccer. There's basketball and volleyball. Everything is going on. It's a competition. The Olympic Games should be seen in a wider sense.

Keith Miller

It's not like the maturity of a basketball or football player who learns systems and things like that. Shooters do progress during school, but if they come in as good shooters they can immediately be a top-five shooter, and that's not unheard of at all.

For me, I really don't care how much I play as long as we can win basketball games. And obviously we were able to do that tonight so I'm not upset at all.

Robbie Jones

For me, basketball kind of mirrors life. It sounds deep, but the sport has transformed my personality and my daily coping mechanisms. It has meant a lot.

Ryan Williams

Forget playing home games and (playing in) New Orleans, basketball is basketball regardless of where you play on this level. You have to step up and make shots and do the simple things to win games.

For four years, she's run our offense and we've never had to worry about that position. She's a complete basketball player.

John Thompson

For basketball games, you walk up five minutes before the game starts and get your tickets.

For 18, 19 minutes it was a really good basketball game (but) their team making 3s separated us.

For all the players that will return for our team, they'll know and have a taste for what high-level playoff basketball is about. Having this experience is irreplaceable.

Football is a collision sport, basketball is a precision sport and volleyball is an emotional sport. You've got to get the emotion. Once you get that and the momentum behind you, there's a lot you can do.

The number one all-star high school basketball game in the nation will be coming to Louisville, Kentucky.

It's three River-to-River teams and a Black Diamond Conference team. I think the girls basketball in this conference has gotten a lot better with us going to state three (of the last five) years, Sparta being very talented and Herrin being in the sectional two years in a row now.

It's the toughest group I've ever had to deal with. The reason why we've been so inconsistent this year has been the players just not buying into our philosophy. I've been trying to teach the game of basketball and life skills at the same time. It's been tough and frustrating, because with the talented players we have, we should be at the top of the conference.

It's the story of this season. We've had guys that have stepped up from a lot of different spots and Brady is a guy that is a very talented basketball player and he's getting his opportunity to show everybody else what we already knew about him.

It's one of the most phenomenal things I've ever seen, and I coached basketball 26 years at Otterbein (College). During the summer, he'd go through four hours of two-a-days then go out and play 18 holes. One day he shot 73. I don't know when he sneaks in the extra time to play.

It's one of those things that as a team we need to know that we deserve to be here. It's one thing to be happy about where you are. It's another to go out and prove what San Diego State basketball stands for . . . It is great that history has repeated itself for us, but it's time to take it another step forward.

It's only second nature to be scared when you're in there. Sometimes things can get out of hand and, all of a sudden, you find yourself in the middle of something. There's a lot of fighting. Sometimes you don't know what's going to happen and, all you can do is try to stay away from the trouble. For me, basketball helped.

It's obvious, you can't turn the basketball over as much as we did and beat a quality team like LSU.

Brad Soderberg

It's the craziest thing I've ever been around. I've never been on a team, coach or player, where this has happened. I just hope we can take the positives to Rhode Island and see if we can play good basketball again.

They didn't used to execute as well in the half-court (offense). Wendy's done a really good job of getting the kids to execute in the half-court. It used to be one or two passes and put it up. They never had to do anything else. But they've really made an adjustment. They're really playing very good basketball now. They've taken the hits with all the injuries and built something.