Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's grown up all his life playing basketball with these guys. They've been very open in trying to help him and have kind of taken him under their wings.

He was around the basketball all night long.

He was all over the place. So active. He's really helping our basketball team.

Steven Whitney

I always thought I was an all-right writer, so I decided to join the newspaper. It's been fun. I get to write about wrestling, basketball and even write about outside sports like the Bears and college football.

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.

I worked on my legs extra hard during basketball season for more explosiveness and to be a lot quicker coming out of my sprint stance.

I was pleased with the effort, but not in the loss. We didn't play as smart or take care of the basketball like we need to or should have.

I guess if we can't be first, we might as well be second. There's no shame in losing to (Lancaster). That's a top-notch basketball team. They're a tough, hard-nosed competitive team.

Tom Johnson

I grew up in Zionsville, about 10 miles south of Lebanon, so I know the history of the basketball program there.

I grew up with five brothers and have never been around girls. Everything I was taught in the game of basketball has been by guys.

Charles Rhodes

If we don't get into the NIT, I'm still going to have a basketball in my hand (today).

Damon Jones

If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.

If we had just made a few more, this would have been our basketball game.

If we have kids who can put the basketball in the basket and take care of the basketball, we can do the other thing. It's kind of hard to teach kids to put the ball in the basket.

If we knock down a couple shots, it's a totally different basketball game. At the end of regulation and overtime, two of our better shooters got good looks. They've just got to knock them down. I'm not faulting them on that, but we've just got to make some shots.

I gotta give Mike (MacDonald) credit because they played motivated basketball from the beginning.

Ben Gordon

I got off to a good start. Then I got plagued by foul trouble, and it kind of busted up my rhythm.

Brad Smith

I got here at noon. I figure I'll eat, watch a little basketball here, and then maybe move to the Pub II for more basketball.

She was an incredible basketball player, but her truest gifts were her personality and love for the other people that she was with. Her voice, especially her laugh, could be heard for a block, and believe me, she was hilarious.

She's thinking about it way too much. It's nice to be able to win games without her, and it really forces people into a situation where they have to bring their game up another level. I think that's the good part, because when we get Crystal back, maybe we'll even be a better basketball team because of it.

She's a tremendous basketball player. She's the whole deal. She has her body under control more than last year. We're undersized in the post and she was getting it (ball) in spots where we couldn't stop her.

She's an old-fashioned basketball player. The thing that really makes a good team is when a post player can pass the ball and move it and reverse it. Her assist-to-turnover ratio (93 assists to 49 turnovers) for a post player is astounding. It's like nothing I've ever seen.

She's really a complete basketball player. She'll shoot it in your face, and she can put it on the floor. And obviously she can get to the free-throw line.

Dee Brown

I hang with E.B. (Halsey), Mel (Melvin Bryant) and J.D. (Jason Davis). I beat them in video games, and they beat me in video games. Those are my guys. They know I played football and that I have a special love for football. Illinois is a football school as well as a basketball school, so I have to show them respect.

Jim Gerlach

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

Jason Kidd

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

Jason Kidd

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

He's the only person we interviewed. He's an excellent, excellent basketball coach and a person of great integrity.

Jim Caviezel

I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.