Basketball

It was a great basketball game. I was proud of the way we fought back in the second half and darn near won the game. Congratulations to Texas. They beat us twice this year.

- John Beilein Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I would just like to thank the coaches in the league for recognizing our players. What the coaches are saying by voting our guys on is that they appreciate unselfishness, great attitudes and team basketball.

- Joe Dumars Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It doesn't matter it's all about winning the basketball game. I'm not worried about them holding the ball. It doesn't matter if we win 27-26, as long as we get the win.

- Joakim Noah Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

There was a mood of extreme sadness. Not necessarily because we lost the game, but because of the relationships forged over the last year, two years, three years and four years, was coming to an end in a basketball sense.

- Jim O'Brien Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I think what this team has done has opened some eyes. They showed you don't have to have 7-footers or the biggest, strongest players to have a great basketball team.

- Jim Larranaga Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

You can't let a team shoot the basketball so freely like we let them tonight.

- George Karl Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I had the opportunity to meet all the candidates. George is the perfect fit for this job -- he knows Idaho, he knows the Northwest and he knows basketball. I welcome him as a colleague.

- Dennis Erickson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

You have to look at the next game. You can't start looking back at what-ifs. We understand who we are as a basketball team, and we're not a great basketball team. We're very short-handed, so we've got to be overachievers. I've been happy with way the team has competed.

- Travis Ford Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We're playing aggressive basketball and we're playing fast paced and with that, as a coach, you've got to live with some turnovers.

- Charli Turner Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Christian is going to get better and better. He's not done improving, and that's what gives him a great chance to get to the NBA. He's getting stronger, he's maturing as a basketball player, and I just see him getting better over the next four or five years.

- Bob Thomason Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Just because we don't have a football team doesn't mean we don't have a good basketball team. I don't think you measure basketball teams the way you measure programs that have football teams. We've been able to measure up.

- Blaine Taylor Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The last seven, eight games, Ryan is playing the best basketball of his career.

- Ben Howland Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I would hope he's distracted like crazy. This is a pretty big event. It makes basketball seem like nothing.

- John Beilein Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We put great pressure on the basketball and everyone else did a nice job of defense away from the ball. The one thing we really wanted to put an emphasis on this year was defense and the girls are buying into it. We didn't shoot the ball well, but we played great defense.

- Brett Mackey Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

He's still the same intense, passionate dude about the game of basketball that he's always been. In that aspect, I don't think coach is going to mellow at all.

- Adrian Moss Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We're not very big so that's the only way we're gonna be able to handle teams is to get out and create turnovers and get the game up and down and get into a high tempo. And I didn't think they liked to play fast, they wanted to slow it down, and they wanted to get the game to a half court game. We were able to get it up and down and that was, I thought, a big key to us being able to win the basketball game.

- Eric Schmidt Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We had plenty of chances, we just didn't take advantage of them. Miami's got a very good basketball team, but we had the chances and never could get hold of them.

- Mike Petersen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

He's probably the best basketball player in the country. I'm biased, but that's what I think. He has a great amount of energy and life. Everything he says is real. Dee isn't one to sugarcoat things. He has our best interests at heart, the team's interests at heart, and we definitely feed off that.

- Brian Randle Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It also gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with basketball and it won't interfere with my school work at Mason City.

- Bob Horner Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It didn't really hit me. Everyone started yelling so I thought I had to yell. I didn't know what was going on. Then it hit me aa wow, we're still playing basketball. This is what we all dreamed of. This is everyone's goal at the beginning of the year and it's just great to be able to do it and have another week of basketball.

- Kelly O'Connell Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We took 24 shots in the second half and scored 13 points. It was kind of a snowball effect. I can't fault the kids for that, but we sometimes let that carry over while we were on defense and you can't take a mental break in basketball.

- Kevin Allen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

You don't win games with being just good basketball players. You need toughness. You need heart. You need some feel for the game that isn't in the box score.

- Dan Monson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

When things were a little bit sluggish for us it was always a senior who got a big rebound, hit a big shot, got a loose ball or a steal that kept us together when things weren't going real well. Those are things that are not often seen when you are winning basketball games, but I am on the inside looking out, so I see them all of the time.

- Pokey Chatman Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We had a chance to get away from them, but I thought we got really careless with the basketball.

- David Fox Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I'm staying away from basketball now to see how much I miss it and how big an influence it's going to be in my life. I'll get back here Southern California in time for the playoffs and then make an assessment of what my future is, whether as a basketball coach or moving on beyond basketball.

- Phil Jackson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes