I like the way they attack. I like (Will Brown) saying he expects to win. If he said anything else, I'd be disappointed. Someone said, isn't that bulletin board stuff? No, it's not. It's what a man does or a woman does when they're passionate about something. They truly believe they can do it. I like people who want to win. Obviously, they're coming off a great streak. We're not coming off exactly a disaster. We're 27-3. |
I look at all their numbers, all the percentages, and they don't necessarily correlate. But the important numbers, the ones that do correlate, is that they're winning. |
I looked at all their percentages, and the numbers don?t always correlate. But the important number is that they?re winning. |
I lost my dad when I was 15, ... Those were the best 15 years of my life. |
I never ask anybody anything. I told him he better go out and be much more assertive. And he was magnificent. |
I never would have expected that coming into the game. |
I pulled Marcus off and berated him as much as I possibly could. Marcus didn't come out with the kind of enthusiasm that he needs to. |
I remember how small it was, ... It was bigger than our locker room, but maybe only twice the size. It wasn't massive by any stretch of the imagination, but you have to understand that if you see the Wilt Chamberlain jersey, if you see Adolph Rupp, if you see the Texas Western team - the picture of them - that was all kind of awe-inspiring. |
I said all along that Marcus, in my opinion, is the best passer I've ever coached. I think he took an affront to that because now he's got two 20-point games. |
I said coming into the game that it was going to be a battle of ... can they keep us away from the paint. And generally speaking, they were able to get us on the outside, keep us there with double teams, and certainly the way this game was called and played, it didn't allow us to be a factor in the paint. |
I said, 'You guys are special. |
I saw him five minutes and said a guy who at 6-foot-10, only 190, is that quick, we've got to take a look at him. |
I see nothing but greatness ahead for him and therefore it made sense for all of us. There's no question that Rudy will fulfill the promise of those people who draft him. He's got every attribute. He's bright, he's a wonderful person, incredibly well raised and he's just a tremendously, tremendously talented young guy. |
I still felt right to the end we would win the game. This team is walking out 30-4. If we keep winning 30 games a year, I think we'll be in pretty good shape and we'll win our championships again. We didn't get there this year, but we'll do that. |
I still think we can beat anybody in America and get to Indianapolis. |