He's the only player I've ever coached where I threaten him if he goes 100 percent. |
He's the patriarch. He is why this program is where it is. It's one of the elite programs in the country, and has been since he started that job in 1948. |
He's unbelievably wide and athletic. .. has unbelievable feet. It's going to be a huge challenge. |
Herb is a great coach. He's so smart and intelligent. Our league is a great league. It's getting tougher and tougher. Herb just made it tougher. |
His father never even asks about basketball. All he asks about is his grades. |
His No. 1 attribute that makes him great is his toughness, competitiveness and his pride. He is unique. |
His season may be over. If so, we will fight to get him another year. |
I don't feel any of the shadow. I know who I am. I'm proud to be the one carrying the torch at this time. |
I don't think Stanford's streak means that much to most of our players. What it says is how good their program has been over the last 15 years. They execute extremely well, and they come to Pauley with a lot of confidence. We have to be ready for that, as well as the start of Pac-10. |
I don't want to talk about it. I get too emotional. |
I expect it would take an awful lot to keep him out of the game (against Louisiana State) tomorrow. |
I feel very bad that Hassan is not here. Hassan Adams is a great kid, a great competitor, and he's going to really bounce back and do great in the NCAA tournament. But we need to beat Arizona. It's hard to beat a good team like Arizona three times. So it's going to be a big challenge for us to come out and have success. |
I feel very fortunate. I thought our defense was much better in the second half. If that's not a very good team we just played, I don't know what is. We knew they were very, very good and we feel very, very fortunate to move on. |
I got a little emotional. But that didn't affect our performance. What I said was, 'Coach Wooden has been admitted to the hospital.' He didn't want to go. Sounds just like the coach. His family made him do it. He's going to be fine. |
I had no idea that he was that good of a passer. It causes you to pause in what you do (double-teaming). He was just terrific. The best thing about him is that he doesn't even care if he scores. That kid is all about winning. |