109 ordspråk av Paul Hewitt
Paul Hewitt
I knew it was going to happen because I know his talent level and I know what he's capable of. But when he was in rut he was in, I didn't know if he was going to work his way out of it.
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I remember one game we played and the team was pressing us and I had him bringing the ball up the court. A fellow coach, a friend of mine called me and said, 'Either you're a genius or you're crazy. How do you have a 6-10 freshman bringing the ball up the court? Don't you realize that every NBA team will see that?
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I think it's an object lesson that paying the cost of Social Security in the future is going to depend upon economic growth. If you don't have growth, our pensions and other obligations are going to become unaffordable.
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I think the election of 2002 will be about Social Security reform. The situation is very polarized.
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I think we may have gotten a little tired mentally. I'm not sure if we wanted it bad enough or not. Maybe we did, but I do know Clemson wanted it more than we did today.
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I thought some of our aggression just went away. It's tough to explain. It wasn't like they were thinking the game was over at the half. In the last eight minutes, they made more plays than we did.
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I thought we got into trouble when they started pressuring us and the five-count was on. Instead of taking them off the dribble, we got tentative. I just think we stopped attacking.
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I thought we had a great effort. ? With under 10 minutes to go, I really liked our chances. But I give all the credit to [N.C. State]. They played very well, they shot the ball extremely well and really adjusted in the second half.
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I thought we were ready. Wake took it to us physically and we didn't respond.
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I thought when we executed well, we got some great first attempts. ... There were a couple of breakdowns (and) in a game like this you can't have the breakdowns. You have to try to win every possession.
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I'd be surprised if Air Force doesn't make the NCAA tournament, with the way they play and run their stuff. This is an opportunity lost for us. Now, we've got to try to build it back up and get to a point where we get this kind of chance again.
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I'd say that's a pretty accurate assessment.
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I'm totally, totally oblivious. Usually.
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If they do play each other, it's going to be a hell of a game.
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If they go in there and win two games, I think they're in.
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