Corey Brewer
Corey Brewer
Corey Wayne Breweris an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he starred on the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 NCAA tournament...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 March 1986
CityPortland, TN
became fatigue kept pushing team
We kept pushing the ball, we kept pushing it and fatigue became a factor. We were the team in better shape.
defense great hearing kept saw team
We kept hearing about what great team defense they play. Well, tonight, you saw who can play D.
affect guess kept knocked
Everything went blurry; I guess it knocked me out for a while. It didn't affect my shot. Everything kept going in. It was amazing.
caught kept running
You would have thought after a while they would have caught on. But we just kept running it.
feeling great guys kept knocked looking open setting wide
I knocked my first one down and it was feeling good. My guys kept looking for me, and I kept getting wide open because my big guys were setting great screens.
dream dribble kept knowing living winning
But I kept growing. I would dribble around by myself, just living that dream of winning a championship, not really knowing where it was all going to lead.
closer gets minute
It gets closer every moment. Every minute it gets closer. We're friends for life.
aspect broke finally needed offense
We finally got our offense where it needed to be, but defensively we just broke down in every aspect of the game. They rebounded the ball, and they made shots.
believed feels national played since
We had a lot of doubters, but we just believed in each other and the way we played every night. It feels great, especially since it's our school's first national championship. It doesn't get any better than that.
hit
It hasn't hit me yet. It hasn't hit me like it's going to hit me.
winning
We haven't really thought about leaving. We just think about winning right now.
beat felt games winning won york
Winning the two games in New York were big. Once we won those games, we felt like we could beat anybody.
christmas earrings gave mom
My mom gave me these earrings for Christmas.
games good job nine past won
Nah, we're not going there again. We've done a good job these past nine games -- we've won nine straight, I think -- and we'll keep on doing it.