Mardy Collins
Mardy Collins
Maurice Rodney "Mardy" Collinsis an American professional basketball player for PBC Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. He completed his college basketball career at Temple University, and was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 29th pick of the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft. Collins played for the Knicks for two seasons and then played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2008 to 2010. Since 2011, Collins has played in various international leagues...
carry life meant taught
He taught me how to carry myself. He taught me how to do the little things in life to be successful. He taught me what it meant to be a man.
biggest coach since win
I think it's the biggest win I've had since I've been here. We did everything I think Coach wanted us to do.
duke time tough
I think Duke would have a tough time with Villanova.
guy key plays
See that guy, that's the guy who's key for us. When he plays well, we play well.
credit defensive far played supposed terrific
I give a lot of credit to Fordham. They played a terrific defensive game. But as far as our effort, it?s not where it?s supposed to be going into a do-or-die situation.
prove
That's what we went out there to do today. We went out there to prove that we could play defense.
easy special team
A team like Duke, they're a powerhouse. They don't do special things. It was easy for me to get to the basket.
definitely excited moving next
I'm definitely excited about moving on to the next level.
basketball call knows late night talk tough transition watching
It's going to be tough for him because all he knows is basketball. He'd be up late at night watching film and call us to talk to us about basketball. I think it's going to be a tough transition for him.
attention focused guys left open underneath
I think we focused too much attention on J.J. and we left guys open underneath the basket.
half needed played second terrific win
It was a big win for us and we needed it. Dustin was terrific in the second half and we played much better defensively.
continued gone ourselves talk tank took ways
We could have gone two ways after that we could have gone in the tank and continued to play sub par. But we took it upon ourselves to talk to each other and try to come out and play better.
incidents measure
Those little incidents don't measure up to the things he's done here at Temple.
egg goose lay
To go up there the way we did and lay a goose egg like we did up there, it was horrible. We wanted to do it back.