Famous Quotes & Sayings

Corey Brewer

It's a football conference. But we're trying to make it a basketball conference.

I told her not to look at her college basketball career, but at her earning power when she got out, ... She went to Harvard and is Harvard's second-leading scorer in its history. They made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, which is good for an Ivy League school.

Ray Allen

I told Reggie he played a great game. He didn't respond. But I told him, 'Win or lose, man you played well.' Hopefully he feeds off that. He's young and has a lot of basketball left to play.

Keith Andrews

I told our girls that we want to hit the boards and immediately go inside. I think we had eight or nine rebounds right away early. Come out with a little more aggression. That's what we got to do. We want to be the aggressor. We can't sit back and wait. That's what we've got to do Saturday too, come out and go after it and play hard from the beginning.

It might have looked more physical, but I thought it was the perfect type of basketball game. It was a game I'd like to play in any time.

It might have been our best half of basketball defensively all year long.

It never stops. He brings everybody up. When guys are down, he is the first one to put a smile on your face. When you are around him, you always have to keep an eye on him to see what he will do next. He is just so funny. He's a comedian. If basketball doesn't work out, he might have something in comedy.

Joe Montana

It's an old basketball move, ... Spin away from your man, remember?

It's an honor to be recognized by your peers for your hard work and accomplishments, but it all boils down to the players buying into what you want them to do. You can know all the basketball in the world, but if your team can't commit to play hard and play together, then all that basketball doesn't mean much.

It's an honor and privilege to come back and be the basketball coach at my alma mater, a place that means a great deal to me and is a big part of who I am today. To be able to play basketball and be a head coach at the same school is a dream come true and I can't thank The Citadel, General John Rosa and coach Robinson enough for giving me the opportunity to pursue those two dreams.

John Whisenant

It's a real shame because Ticha was probably playing the best basketball of her career, the best that I've ever seen, for sure, ... She was even brilliant in our scrimmage (Tuesday). It was right at the end of practice, and Ticha was just running up the court. She stepped on someone's foot and turned her ankle. I should have ended practice one play sooner.

It represents an excellent basketball coach who happens to be a person of color and this also represents something that is unique, that he has replaced another coach of color.

Marcus Camby

It reminded me of the game we had in Washington. I blocked Gilbert Arenas' shot at the end. Right place and right time.

I tried out but was unsuccessful and never made any team. In junior high, I would actually try out for the track team and basketball every year - and I'd always get cut.

It's a huge stepping stone for this program to get that elite level where Washington basketball is mentioned with everyone else in the country.

It's a great testimony to how good our high school and summer programs are. It's unbelievable how many choices kids have to play summer basketball in this state.

It's a great story. It's the best thing about college basketball in the last 25 years.

It's a great statement of how quality basketball is supported here in the Manhattan community. Our fans were tremendous. I just can't say enough about how rare it is to have a packed house for women's basketball.

Allen Iverson

It's all mostly effort when it comes to this game. Maybe some of the younger guys don't have that sense of urgency we obviously need to win basketball games. I think as far as talent we have enough to get over the hump.

It's a little disappointing, but it's early and there is a lot of the season left. Cal State Bakersfield beat us, so they deserve to be ranked higher, but like I said, there is a lot of basketball to be played.

It's a little bit like that. As a basketball fan, it's fun to watch. He's a great player.

It's a hard job, and she's been doing it a long time and doing it really, really well. She'll be missed not only at Texas Tech and by the players she's coaching, but in the basketball community. She's one of the solid people who has been really instrumental in the growth of our sport.

It's a group of kids that came together ... and showed people that there is more basketball than hangs out in the big, power conferences. The idea of having a team in the Final Four is kind of beyond dreaming.

It's all part of the game. I've been in this league nine years, and that's the way basketball goes sometimes.

Roy H. Williams

I told the guys the game was going to be won on the defensive end of the floor. We had to play well. They are really a good basketball team. Those three (Guillermo Diaz, Robert Hite and Anthony Harris ) on the perimeter are a big time load. We defended awfully hard tonight.

I told them now is hard, but to remember the things they'll be able to look back on, the accomplishments they've had, what they were able to do each and every time they went out on the floor. This is a sad time only because it's the last time that we'll be together as a basketball team except for the banquet.

I told them in the locker room that I was very proud of them. I told them to be disappointed in the loss, because you gave it everything you had and I understand the tears, but at the same time, you have put Harlan girls basketball back on the map in a position that it has not been for awhile.

It pretty much would have been over. This was a big game tonight, but we have a lot of basketball left.

Brian Scalabrine

I told you. I told you a long time ago he was a winner. He's just a winning basketball player.

Jim Les

I told the team after the game not to hang their heads because that was an awfully good basketball team we played. We needed to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't was because of what they do and how they play.

Brian Keith

(I told them we should) just prepare ourselves the best as we can, and not get caught up in it being such a big game. This is just a basketball game. We are just trying to keep it simple right now.

It puts things in perspective. We're just playing a basketball game. What those people experienced is real life.

It puts a lot more pressure on the type of players that we recruit. We have to get players who we feel are committed to get that degree before they leave. But we know that in our sport the trend is two years max before trying it as a professional. It just needs to keep being tweaked every year. The system now is really going to penalize baseball, basketball and football, and that's not fair to those programs.