He never has a bad day. He is an unbelievable kid. He has a great disposition. He's intelligent. And he's very, very enthusiastic. |
He really made a poor choice, didn't he? |
He runs, he catches and he alters shots. You just don't see a lot of players in college basketball like him. |
He should be OK for Kentucky. |
He took responsibility. He wasn't putting the blame elsewhere. That's the thing I respect. He asked me what else he could do to help us win. That's the agenda of this team - winning. |
He was a great guy. It was such a tragedy, what happened. He touched a lot of lives. I know with St. Francis, he and (athletic director) Randy Maris had a lot of plans, he wanted to give Bud the chance to build a basketball program and unfortunately it didn't work out. At least his family, his kids, will have something they can hold to and remember him by. |
He was almost in tears because, for the first time in his life, he wasn't getting an opportunity to play. I told him, this is going to come to an end this season. And when it does, your time is here. |
He was teaching us that sometimes less is more. Less of myself was more that day. |
He, individually, last year at Mississippi State, allowed [them] to set a shot-blocking record for their school. They had 13 blocked shots, and 10 of them were from him. |
He'll definitely travel. I'd say, right now, that he's not going to play. |
He'll thank me four or five times walking off the floor. I don't expect to be thanked. That's the way he is. |
He's a great coach. This was just a matter of time. |
He's a player-of-the-year candidate, for sure. For me, their whole team is a concern because of their size, their depth and their athleticism. |
He's a problem for anyone because he can rebound, he can score because of their great spacing and he's a very underrated passer out of the post. John (Thompson) has the luxury of playing him and going big or taking him off the floor and going quick. They can go from one extreme to the next because of their balance, so it makes them tough to prepare for. |
He's always been a terrific runner. He has a great threshold to run through fatigue. He plays all the way. One hundred percent. Full throttle. |