Ronald Steele
Ronald Steele
Ronald Steeleis an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Alabama. He last played professionally for PMS Torino in Italy...
committee definite hands knew lock time
You never know when it comes to the tournament. We knew we weren't a definite lock and any time you put it in the hands of a committee you never know what's going to happen.
guard tough
He doesn't play like he's a freshman. He's going to be tough for us to guard the way he penetrates.
bragging former rights type win
It's going to be important because we need this win to try to get into the tournament, but, him being one of my former teammates, it's going to be a little bragging rights type of thing, too, between the two of us.
expects fun game good motivation nobody playing road team
It's like a road game for us. It's going to make it a lot of fun for us, playing a good team with a lot of high-profile players. Nobody expects us to win. That's motivation for us.
hard help
I couldn't help it, but it was hard to watch. I was nervous, like I was at the game.
heart stopped
I thought he was going to make it. My heart stopped when he got open.
gives hurts played shot takes teams
It hurts because we feel we're just as good. We're just one shot away. It also gives us confidence. We've played with all of those teams and we know we've got what it takes to get there.
merely realized
Increasingly, I realized that I could not merely tell his story. Rather, I would have to tell my story about him.
lose refuse
We have a lot of character. We just refuse to lose and we just keep fighting. We just have a lot of heart.
challenges counting gives people stayed
When a lot of people were counting us out, he stayed with us. He challenges us, he gives us a lot of confidence.
fighting good kept knew proud team throughout
We knew (Marquette) was a good team and they could make a run. That's why I'm so proud of this team, because we kept fighting throughout this game.
anybody chance felt good mark win winning work
We felt like we had as good a chance as anybody at winning this tournament. We wanted to make our mark and win the championship. It just didn't work out for us.
chance couple ncaa win
We know we've got to win a couple more to have a chance to make the NCAA tournament.
fighting good kept knew proud runs team teams throughout
We knew they were a good team and they could make a run. We know that if good teams are going to make runs, then we have to make runs to win. We have to keep fighting, and that's why I'm proud of my team, because we kept fighting throughout this game.