Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Brady

You get what you tolerate!

John Brady

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

John Brady

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.

John Brady

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

Pat Summitt

You could put our entire basketball team and our entire coaching staff in one room, and she has more poise and more composure than any of us. It shows up on the court. I could be about to lose my mind and she's just calm.

You circle 'em up. That's the nature of the beast, especially in Baton Rouge. It starts with football, goes right through basketball and to baseball. You're expected to win every one. Until you experience it, with a lot of the younger guys, it happens too fast.

Pat Summitt

You can't win a basketball game in the first half, but you can lose one. We just dug ourselves too big a hole.

You can't play one half of basketball and expect to win. You can't spot a team a 20-point lead. I'm going to have to decide whether we want to play the same people. The team we put out there tonight didn't want to play. If they don't want to play, we have to put someone else out there that does.

You can practice and get ready for a team like this. They do so much well. You can scout and look at film and talk about it and practice . . . they are a quality basketball team. I think they could beat some college teams.

You can only blame yourself when you mess up. In basketball, it's a team effort. Everyone is together for a win or a loss. In swimming, you get to see how much you've improved.

Rick Barnes

The major reason for our score is we had four of our five seniors leave school early last year to chase their dream of playing professionally. I'm not sure the score is a true reflection to the commitment and success we've had when it comes to education in our basketball program.

The kids aren't quitting. They are not going to lay down for any reason. There is a lot of basketball to be played. We need to take one game at a time and don't look too far ahead.

The kid is playing at a phenomenal level. And they really don't know about him. I don't know if it's because if you're not at the top of the league or whatever. ... He is in my estimation the most underrated basketball player, not just guard but player, in the country.

Their athleticism was tremendous. We had no chance to rebound tonight. We forced 28 turnovers, but we weren't able to finish shots in transition. I think 76 points is enough to win a college basketball game, but we couldn't stop them.

The ingredients of a good basketball team are here. We have size, shooters and athletes. What people don't really see is the behind-the-scenes stuff. I don't think that we ever totally jelled as a group.

The two toughest things in high school basketball are handling backcourt pressure and getting the offense started. If you don't have a good point guard, you're going to have trouble with both.

Jerry Sloan

Andrei was sensational. He probably played the best basketball game that he's played in a long time. He had the basketball in his hands and did some nice things when he had it.

All we can do is take it one game at a time. We are playing good basketball right now. Our sophomores are giving us a life and our seniors are giving us leadership. We'll be ready for next week.

All three were in foul trouble in the first half, but we managed to weather that. We were controlling tempo and doing a good job until Reed got hot.

All three teams are about as good as you can get. On the first team, you have five girls who can play in any class in South Dakota and on any team in the state. That says a lot about Class B basketball in our state.

All that's good, but we're here to play basketball tomorrow.

All summer I kept hearing negative talk about him. I think he's staying because this is his passion. He focuses on basketball. He doesn't travel. He just wants to teach basketball. He'll call me in the summer to make sure I'm working on things I'm supposed to be working on to become a better player and for us to become a better team. Basketball is his life. All he does is talk basketball, basketball, basketball.

All my shots were within probably five feet of the basket, so I really didn't have to do anything. I hadn't really played much basketball since the school year started, so it was nice to go out and just play for fun with no one taking the games too seriously.

Michael Finley

A lot has changed in the last year, but the game of basketball has remained the same. I put myself in a position where I'm very happy, very comfortable. I'm just going out there and playing.

The girls that came in understood what I needed from them. They got up in the passing lanes, were dropping back and trapping the basketball and doing a better job of just running one set.

The girls know that they've been overlooked. But they play big when they need to play big. I don't care how people look at us, as long as when we're finished, we know that we did the best we could, and that we're a good basketball team.

The girls have been very focused this year on what their goals and dreams are. I feel that we've been tested at the right times, and we've been playing our best basketball at the right time.

The Georgia Tech game was physical but I think the rest of our conference schedule is going to be the same way. NC State comes in a very physical basketball team. We're going to have to really work to get to the point of screens even and make our cuts like we want to be able to do. Obviously the ACC is a conference that really does prepare you for March.

The game of basketball is a game of runs. They got within 11, but we were able to keep on coming.

The game of basketball is 40 minutes, we knew we still had time. Once we finally got to our game plan we were able to come out on top.

The game of basketball goes in runs, and you hope your runs are better than their runs. It's kind of bittersweet because we won't be able to come back and defend our title. The timing is unfortunate, but we're leaving on a high note.

The game is not designed for both teams to win. Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. When you are in control of a basketball game, you have to do things to stay in control. This is a game that was winnable for us.

Antawn Jamison

The frustrating part is we're right there. We're in every game going down to the last two or three minutes. we've just got to do a better job as far as showing some poise and some leadership to make sure guys are all of one accord. Of late, it just hasn't been there. It's fun basketball to be in a game that comes down to the last three or four minutes, but it's not fun when you're not winning. We just have to find a way to close them out.