Ryan Hollins
Ryan Hollins
Ryan Kenwood Hollinsis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is a 7-foot center who played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 October 1984
CityPasadena, CA
coach free happen kept says shooting throws whatever
I don't know what coach is going to say Monday, but whatever he says I'm going to be shooting free throws in practice. I usually can shrug off going 0-for-2, but, when I kept missing, it got pretty frustrating. I can't let that happen again.
coach deserved feels tournament win
A win like that just feels good, something that was well-deserved. Coach has always told us that we deserved this (NCAA Tournament run), that this is our moment.
decision difficult dream school tough
It's tough not to think about what could have been. It was the most difficult decision of my life. Those were pretty much my dream school and my dream coach. I couldn't have both.
achieve certain glad goals goes player season type whenever
It was tough. Any player goes into the season with certain goals and expectations and whenever you don't achieve them it's pretty depressing. But I am not the type of person to give up. I never have. I am just glad things are going well right now.
beat defense good shots team wins
Defense wins championships and our shots fell. That's a very, very good team we just beat tonight.
deserved national played
They were unbelievable. They are the national champions, they played like it and they deserved it.
decision toughest
It was the toughest decision of my life.
level national run
You can't play that level of play. For a national championship, you can't come out like that. We'll get run out of the stadium.
defense guys offense
Offense doesn't always prevail. Your defense is what is going to get you through. Our guys have that understanding.
across chest pride
We know that U-C-L-A is across our chest and to play with pride and tradition.
care win
We don't care if we win 2-0. A win is a win.
assume bring game games last lost saw washington win
We can't even think about being in first place, because you saw Washington lost two games last weekend. One game and we're tied. You got to bring it every night, you can't concede any game or just assume that we're going to win it.
national respect won
You have to respect Zidek. He won a national title, too.
adversity against counted happier hard injuries sticking team together worked
To be counted out, and for our team to pretty much come together as we have against all the adversity, doubters, injuries ... we just worked hard every day. I couldn't be happier for my guys. We're a team. We're a family. We're sticking together.