Rudy Gay
Rudy Gay
Rudy Carlton Gay Jr.is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. The 6'8" small forward played college basketball for the University of Connecticut before being drafted eighth overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2006 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 August 1986
CityBaltimore, MD
bang coach lift physically practice room sure weights
That's what we're in this room for. We come in here, we lift weights and we get strong, not only physically but mentally. And coach makes sure in practice that we bang each other, so that will never get us off our game.
snapped
Every person has their lulls. But I think I snapped out of my lulls and started to get better.
elbows intensity match people throwing
They were throwing elbows and doing other things to get people off them. What we had to do is go out there and match their intensity and toughness.
kentucky size type
It?s going to be a different type of game. Kentucky has size and they have versatility.
happen
I don't ever want to let that happen again.
happened team
It's inexcusable what happened today. You always feel you should do more. We're the No. 2 team in the nation. We all thought we could do more.
fell team
I thought this team could have done more things. We just fell short.
ways whenever
That will be a ways away. Whenever that happens, it happens. Right now it's just me and my team.
everybody knows talk test tough wants
Everybody knows us, everybody wants to talk about us. It makes you feel like all you have is your team. ... But this is going to be a test for us to see how tough we are, to see what we can do.
tough
They're a tough team. We couldn't let up at all.
marking
I was already marking down that game. Now, definitely.
beat talk west
If we beat West Virginia... Nah, I?m not going to even talk about that right now.
easy expect
I wouldn't expect anything to come easy at this point.
few needs score somebody steals
It was crazy. Steals are one of the few things you can do on your own. If you have an assist, somebody else needs to score the basket. But with steals, that's all you.