Famous Quotes & Sayings

Confidence is never a problem. We're a very good basketball team. We know what we need to correct to make things happen.

This situation has been completely blown out of proportion. This was just boys after basketball practice goofing off, simple horseplay.

To be honored at the State of the City is really special. It goes to show you how far the Mount Vernon basketball program has come and how it's interwoven in the community.

To be honest, we don't know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch.

To be honest, they are a great basketball team, they are one of the most talented in the state. We played them tough the first time, we just have to take next step. We're just excited to be playing Saturday.

Brian Johnson

To be honest, at first some of the guys had the mindset that they didn't want to play in the NIT. But this is another opportunity to play basketball again. We're trying to win a championship. It's not the Final Four, but it's the next best thing.

Carmelo Anthony

This one hurts worse than the other two. We have issues. I saw guys who did not want to be here and play in this game. We did not play playoff basketball in this series.

This new rule will now give players the option of playing minor league professional basketball in the United States.

We shot the basketball and that's what we have to do. If we are going to win at this time of the year, we will have to shoot the basketball.

Mark Gottfried

We're disappointed, but I couldn't be more prouder of a basketball team than I am right now.

David Stern

We think that basketball is the international language. It's a sport that was invented in America, but it travels the world. It's been an Olympic sport since 1936, and we have worked with many of the countries here.

Rashad McCants

was a weird basketball game, to say the least.

We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our dominance in both World Championship and Olympic competition.

We are very excited about this large recruiting class. I feel we are bringing in some guards that can help us immediately and some forwards and centers that will probably be our front line of the future. These players are not only good basketball players but most have excelled in different sports.

We are very excited about Charles and Philip coming to South Alabama. They are outstanding people and students who have a world of basketball potential...We certainly look forward to both of them making contributions to helping our team as freshmen.

We didn't play a terrible first half - they're a very good basketball team, but we raised our level of play that extra little bit we needed to.

We didn't make as many shots as Twin, and in the game of basketball, that's the way it goes. But we'll hold our heads up. Hey, we're still playing for some hardware.

We are going to have to come out and play every night to win this regional. We aren't the type of basketball team that can just show up and go through the motions. Right now, we are just like everybody else. You want to put together a good week of basketball and see what happens.

We are going to have a good basketball team. We are going to be fine.

We had six really good people as seniors this year. The hardest thing in basketball is you lose your seniors. They are good role models and I just told the juniors that in the locker room. People played together and they sacrificed for each other.

We had our shot and we needed a play or two here or there. I think I have a good basketball team. I wish we could have made a couple more plays ... I think we are really close.

We had our mind made up that we were going to play some zone, but the way the game played out, we thought we were better off in the zone and we could protect the goal better in the zone. Obviously, it won the basketball game for us.

Essence Carson

We were there all day. In between, we had study hall, so we didn't leave the gym at all. Some people are like, 'Wow, you guys go for a really long time.' It was like a full-time job, 9-to-5. But it's like, hey, what you put in is definitely what you get out and you can't shortcut yourself. We put in the work. It's time to play the basketball we know how to play.

Shane Smith

What Junior has done, and the team as a whole, has really turned a lot of heads in this part of the state. They know basketball exists over here.

What it turned into was hockey's version of fast-break basketball.

Kevin Stallings

We got a much needed win at South Carolina on Saturday. I like how our team is playing. We feel like we've played solid basketball over the last two or three weeks.

We got a lot out of this tournament. We got a look at some teams we'll see down the road. We got to play some great basketball teams that we normally don't get to see that are state-ranked.

We had a few turnovers there at crunch time and we have to learn from that. That can be the difference between a playoff team and a middle of the road team. Basketball is a game of little things and we didn't do the little things very well tonight.

Vince Carter

We want to go into the playoffs on a high, playing the style of basketball Coach expects us to play.

Kyle Fowler

We weren't very smart with the basketball in the fourth quarter. We were fortunate to win.

We just don't have a lot of people who can score with the basketball and we've struggled to get that done. Our margin for error is not great.

We knew he was explosive, because last year as a sophomore he could jump up and dunk a basketball like it was nothing. Guys like that usually run faster because they have that fast-twitch muscle thing going for them.

Scott Skiles

We just kind of came undone. The lack of respect for the basketball out there was pretty amateurish.