(Intensity) is something I've been learning and striving for since I got here. Coach is always on me about my intensity level. He told me I was talented but I had to pick up my intensity level. In the past, I would often defer. This season I wasn't allowed to do that. He had to stay on me to make sure I bring it every night. Now I'm seeing that all the hard work paid off. Playing hard all the time can be rewarded. |
A blessing that it went in. |
A Pac-10 championship is on the line, but more than that, I want to go out a winner at (home). |
After beating Gonzaga, we knew were good enough to beat anybody. Now I'll be disappointed if we don't go deep in the (NCAA) tournament. |
All these accomplishments wouldn't be as great if we were just a mediocre team right now. |
Any change right now can be good for us. I don't feel we have very good chemistry offensively. |
Any time you lose three in row it gets hard to put the game away, so I took it myself to put it away. |
Arizona State has some bruisers on their team and they neutralized him a little bit. But Arizona, we don't think they are as tough on the inside and we think Jon could have a big performance. We are looking forward to him just banging in there and being relentless, and eventually we think he can wear on them. |
Bobby brought his game tonight. |
Bobby was the first guy working on his game, even before the coaches showed up. Bobby was making me look bad. He was not only pushing himself to get better, he was pushing us to get better. |
Brockman has passed our expectations. He can defend and score. He's stepped in there and done the job. |
Brockman plays hard all the time. |
Coach knows that when the game gets tight, a light switch goes off in my head. |
Coach said just push it up the court. Push it and pull it. That's what I did. |
Even I was concerned. I was like, 'Man, I'm tired. These guys are not giving me anything easy.' They were just slowly killing us. |