Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okaforis an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Prior to the National Basketball Association, Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 September 1982
CityHouston, TX
coach good great guy love punish run testament
I think it's just a testament to how good of a coach and person he is. He can't make us run suicides or punish us for not being here. We wanted to do this. We wanted to be here to show our appreciation. He's a great guy and a great coach and everybody's here to show love for him.
warm
It made me feel real special, all warm inside,
eating final miss time
It was eating me up inside. My first time in the Final Four, I didn't want to miss a minute. I was going to miss 16.
challenges fact mobile pump
I like challenges. The fact that he's 7-feet, a completely mobile guy, it's going to pump me up.
fill people team tendency
If you fill your team with people that are used to winning, the tendency is that they will get the team to win, somehow, someway, eventually,
move stepped
I think I stepped on somebody's foot. I'm not in too much pain, but I really can't move (the ankle).
game good last record start winning year
We've got a winning record -- hooray! We're getting off to a good start this year. Last year we would have come back in the game and then lost.