Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pleasant Hill just has too many horses, they're a good basketball team.

Gerry McNamara

Playing a basketball game and just enjoying it. That's really what it's all about, people coming together and working hard for a good cause.

Platt High School is a very good and very well-coached basketball team. For our kids to stay with them for as long as they did is a major accomplishment for them and something to look forward to for next year.

People who really follow women's basketball know there's two of them.

Regardless of whether we develop something in the post, we're going to be a good team. We're going to be just fine. We're going to continue to get better as a basketball team, individually and collectively.

Rebounding was our emphasis the whole game, especially in the second half when we came out and held them off of the offensive boards. We limited them to four offensive boards in the second half and quite frankly, I thought that was the difference in the basketball game.

Records don't mean anything this time of year. Everybody starts 0-0. Some teams play their best basketball at the end of the year. If we don't play good we'll be in trouble. If we play well we'll be fine.

Rafer Alston

Regret? ... I just regret getting into situations. Because it's unlike me. I'm a guy who just loves to leave it on the floor, have a jolly old time playing basketball ... that's the great thing that everyone understands about me I'm going to play hard no matter what.

Our position has not changed, in the interest of basketball we think it's best if we call the GABF into accountability.

Our players need to understand the type of basketball we need to play all the time. We need more of a team-oriented game without a true, true point guard.

Our players know basketball is a game of highs and lows. This is a pretty good basketball team we have here, and they know what it takes to win, and that's what you saw tonight.

Bill Evans

Our patience wasn't good enough. We didn't guard them in the post and they got easy baskets, but we've really got to take care of the basketball and good shots every time down the floor.

Our quickness on defense caused them problems. We're playing our best basketball right now.

Chris Murphy

Part of it for us is that we need to learn what 32 minutes of basketball looks like. I've never been disappointed with the heart or the fight in them. It's just a matter of putting that all together for a complete game.

Pawlak is a very smart player. He's a good student. He brings that to the basketball court. He's the guy we want on the line at the end of the game.

Our newest product is called the Chameleon. We marketed the product first to high schools, and now the University of Maine girls' basketball team is using them.

Our kids were really down after the game, but I told them this is just the beginning of the fun part. We're not turning in our uniforms tomorrow. We have a lot of basketball to play.

Our mission is to provide children with a healthy atmosphere, to learn about sportsmanship and cooperation and to meet friends. We're giving kids a safe harbor. We'd rather have a 14-year-old play basketball than hang out at the mall.

Jeff Davis

I probably shouldn't have said it on the radio, but there ain't another team in this league that could fall down by 15 points and still come right back at you. I was never nervous when we got down 15, 18 points. Not with this group. Honestly, if this group works as hard in life as they do on the basketball court, they're going to succeed. There's no quit in them.

I played forward in the NBA, but now I'm a post-up center. I want to help bring a pro basketball championship to Pittsburgh.

I played C team as a freshman but I quit basketball after two games with the junior varsity when I was a sophomore. I wasn't happy with my playing time. Then I found I couldn't make the commitment.

Swin Cash

I played with USA Basketball to get in some game-speed shape.

In tournament time you have to be able to grind it out, and I thought we did that for most of the night. But they were just a little too quick, and we couldn't slow them down. We like to play 32 minutes of hard basketball and, unfortunately, when the clock hit three zeros we weren't on the right side of the scoreboard.

In the second quarter we opened up a lead and got a little nonchalant. Once they gained a little momentum we didn't stop them. Great things go on between these two schools, between basketball and hockey.

In the second half, I thought our guys came out and they played basketball the right way. We were able to get stops and we were able to get out on a run. And that lasted for most of the third quarter.

John Beilein

In the long run I'll have to see if it wears down our team. Jim's got a point, but on the other hand the exposure of college basketball is everywhere and we want to be a part of that.

Bill Smith

In the last three or four years we've been working with our guys. More talent has been coming to our school. We have better quality athletes. Our basketball program is our top program.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Internationally, basketball is bigger than baseball, so the Bulls' championships had bigger impact around the world. In Chicago, this had a much greater impact on fans than the Bulls did.

In that third quarter, we didn't play very good basketball on our end. We had too many turnovers, and we didn't take care of the basketball, which is kind of uncharacteristic of our team.

Kristi Toliver

I really didn't have any jitters. We've both played in a lot of basketball games, and we really don't get caught up in the hype.

Tommy Amaker

I really believe the way we've played on the offensive end has really taken the life out of us defensively. This has been my biggest pet peeve about basketball in today's time. It seems to be when players aren't scoring, their energy and life to play the total game isn't there. I think that has hurt us defensively.

Mark Turgeon

In my heart, this is where I'm supposed to be. I told the players, I never pursue a job. I never have. I never will. I was just trying to do what was best for our staff and our basketball program.

Brandon Roy

In my heart, I would have liked to have seen him come to Washington because I feel like the things I've been through here have made me not only a better person but a better basketball player. You come to college and nobody looks at you as a star anymore. You're just another guy on the team, and that would have been great for him.