Famous Quotes & Sayings

The fans look at the game the way we have presented the game. That's just the way basketball is now and somehow we have to change it back.

Ken Green

The CCS is a very tough section, and to get to the finals of that (tournament) is a major accomplishment. Their strengths are their quickness and their tenacity. They're playing their best basketball right now, so we more than have our hands full.

Mariah Carey

I'm inconsolable at the present time, I was a very good friend of Jordan, he was probably the greatest basketball player this country has ever seen. We will never see his like again.

I mean, basketball was made to have fun.

John Brady

I'm not pursuing other jobs, but I'm in no hurry to decide anything right now. I'm confident that the people who make those decisions will take care of them. My only request is to be dealt with fairly in terms of salary and a strong commitment to the basketball program.

Allen Iverson

I'm not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we're not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don't seem hungry. We don't seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.

I'm not really worried anymore. It's my senior year and I just play to play. I love playing basketball and there's really no pressure on me. It's not brain surgery or anything like that.

I'm not really thinking about it that much because I've got a basketball game in about 30 minutes. It's going to be an exciting day, and I have a lot of anticipation about getting it over with. But I'm focused on basketball right now.

I'm going to remember this season by the chemistry these girls provided every day at practice. The hardest thing about the season is saying goodbye tonight to a group of kids who were not just basketball players but were friends.

I'm going to miss all of them. Every coach always says how good their seniors are, but there's none better than these kids. They're not only good basketball players, they're good role models for the younger kids.

I'm glad I've made my choice and I talk with the coaching staff over there (Loyola) once a week. They've been to one of my games so it's been nice that I can concentrate on basketball right now.

I'm going to have to be as patient as I've ever been in basketball, ... I'm going to have to continue to work hard every day and when I get my opportunity, I have to make the best of it.

I'm going to have to be a little tougher in demanding that they reverse the basketball and work to get a better shot.

I'm gonna give him all the credit he deserves because he's a beast down there. It's hard because he's long and he goes up perfectly with your shot and if you wait (to shoot) he's still long enough to get over anything. He's just a good basketball player down low.

I'm going to try to help 'Vo' get to a place where he can play. He's a very good basketball player.

The first thing we told the kids when we went in was that we hadn't played very well at all and only trailed by two points. We felt like we could take better care of the basketball and felt like we could guard better. ... We felt like we were in pretty good shape.

Flip Saunders

The first time I talked about that, we went out and turned it over the first four times we touched the ball. That mark I credit to players who are extremely disciplined and players who know their roles. They don't play out of character and that goes back to what I've talked about all year -- this team has a very high basketball intelligence.

Chuck D.

The first time I coached, a kid named Casey Adkins won his first-ever medal in the basketball skills competition. The smile on his face when he won was just amazing. It made me want to do this even more.

The coaches at Memphis recommend (Bailey) to come here. We have a good relationship with those guys. They know that we make the kids better students, better basketball players and kind of take care of them.

The first half was the best basketball we've played all year. I don't know if we came out a little lackadaisical in the third quarter because we had a big lead, but they turned up the pressure on us and we just didn't make as many plays in the second half as we did in the first.

The first half was the best 20 minutes of basketball I've seen all year. I've never been so proud.

Sylvia Hatchell

The first half and the second half were very different. We weren't rebounding and weren't playing very good defense. Once we started playing Carolina basketball we were OK.

The final score definitely is misleading. We didn't play Xavier basketball at all. I'm really disappointed with the loss.

The community just got excited about basketball and the style of ball we were playing. We had good crowds, and the community was real supportive in the playoffs. People were coming in who hadn't been coming just to see what was going on. They came to see what this team was doing. Hopefully we can carry it over to next year.

Billy Donovan

The complexion of college basketball has changed so much.

The head coach has to crack down a little more.

There's not going to be a whole lot of change, to be honest with you. I don't think there's a reason to fix what's broke.

The Bowling Green game was a big-time environment. We wanna see that for all the games.

We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it back, but on taking the next step.

One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.

They wanted me as coach.

We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.

A return to the NCAA is the expectation... I think that's a good pressure. I'd rather that pressure to the other way. ... I like a little pressure on me.