Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Carlisle

He's been a major key in this series.

He's doing fine. He likes being in this country, and he's getting used to playing basketball in this country.

Hopefully we'll be busy playing a lot of basketball.

Hopefully we can play our best basketball next week.

Sheryl Swoopes

Hopefully, this will not have a negative effect on the W.N.B.A., ... Me coming out does not change what the W.N.B.A. stands for as a basketball league. I don't think there's any secret that the huge support we get comes from the gay and lesbian community. It's unfortunate that people, and those not only in W.N.B.A., are not able to feel like they can be who they are. They lose endorsements; they lose friends and family.

Jim Calhoun

Hopefully, they'll learn if they truly, truly want to be UConn basketball players and represent the state, represent themselves and our team. Give me that opportunity.

The ranking early was nice, but it ended up hurting us a little bit because our kids thought they were the No. 1 team and didn't realize how hard they were going to have to work to win basketball games.

James Jones

There aren't any No. 1 options on this team. It's the first good look or good basketball play you see.

When he didn't want to do the 6 a.m. run that was a pretty good indicator he didn't want to play basketball any more at Duquesne University.

When they're breaking for basketball games, ... you know that it's not (going) too, too badly.

The chances of there being transmissibility by blood to blood contact on a basketball court is so infinitesimally small that it is something that shouldn't influence a decision whether someone would come back or not.

Paul Hewitt

We may not have one name that people can latch on to, so we're somewhat nondescript. But this has been an excellent basketball team the whole season.

We may not have had any home games, but we were going to show people what Patriots basketball was all about. That was just Rip's attitude.

Carmelo Anthony

We match up with them pretty good, despite how the record turned out when we played them throughout the season. I look forward to playing the Clippers. Playoff basketball is a lot of excitement. It's going to be fun, especially in L.A.

We managed to hold onto the basketball and do what we had to do to get the win. It was a big win for our kids. It's nice to have played well and be rewarded for our efforts.

We look at it as a tremendous challenge, an opportunity to play one of the great programs in college basketball and see where we stack up.

We lost to the better basketball team. We'd like to see Rice win the whole thing because we lost to them.

Paul Draper

We lost to Craig twice. Once by one (point) and once in overtime. We haven't beat them in forever. They are serious about basketball over there.

We lost to a very, very good basketball team.

We lost to a very good basketball team today. Albany had a lot of answers.

We made them the first time, and we won. We didn't make them this time, and we didn't win. That's high school basketball and the way the ball bounces.

He was just in shock, didn't know which way to turn. He's a changed young man, forever. I don't think he picked up a basketball all June, July or August.

He was just flat out faster and quicker than everybody else on the floor. If we could get him the basketball and position where he could score, he could finish for us again.

He wasn't just a member of the basketball team - he was part of our basketball family. So it was pretty shocking.

He was pretty much a victim of my lack of success. He has an extremely intelligent basketball mind. He's constantly studying the game, and he never has let the game bypass him in any way.

He was pretty confident coming in. He was ready for the game. You could tell. In big games this year, he has come through for us pretty well. He always seems to make big plays for us. He is a pretty heady basketball player.

Raja Bell

He was settling for some shots I thought. As a defender, you hope he does that. But he got it going in the fourth quarter. A guy like that is just going to keep forcing the issue until he finds it, and you've just got to hold on.

Ben Howland

He's playing the best basketball of his career. Without him, we would not be here.

Ben Howland

He's playing the best basketball of his career right now.

He spends like five million hours preparing for the tournament. He is dedicated to basketball and puts a lot of heart into it.

I already know the draw. In all my years coaching, I have never once gotten the bye. How can that be? Maybe the basketball gods will smile on this old man for once.

I have evaluated the basketball program thoroughly and discussed it with Louis.

I have enjoyed coaching these girls the last three years. It has been fun watching them grow as basketball players. I am happy for them to be able to end the regular season with a win.