[The next day the 6-2 guard did an interview with CBS Sports.] The basketball fans of this country wanted to know if this kid was OK, ... He let them know that this was a ton of bricks 'that hit me in the head, but I'm OK and I'll be OK. Thank you for the compassion.' |
[Washington] is bigger and stronger than T.J. He's probably a better scorer than T.J. Ford, ... But T.J. was an unbelievable leader of a team. Unbelievable . |
A great defensive effort. I always go with the same thing: We want to make the game hard for the other team, and we did today. |
A great defensive effort. The one thing we have to do is make it hard for people to beat us. We're not worried about winning and losing, we just have to make the game hard. |
Administrations win championships. Not coaches. |
All of a sudden our schedule stinks, even though we've played these other tough games. |
Any time we take that many 3s, we're not winning. |
Anytime we take that many 3s, we're not winning. |
Anytime we take that many threes, we're not winning. |
Are they better than us? No. (But) they were today. They wanted the game more than us today. They executed better than us today. They scrapped more than us today. |
Are they better than us? No. [But] they were today. They wanted the game more than us today. They executed better than us today. They scrapped more than us today. |
At the end of the day, let's see where he gets picked in the draft. Let's see where he gets picked. I think he'll be picked very high ... He sells a lot of tennis shoes and he'll sell a lot of tickets. |
Darius was ridiculous. He didn't miss a shot, folks. He gets 21, and you wouldn't even know it. Was that the softest 21 you've ever seen? Unbelievable. He's legitimate. |
During the season, every decision I make will be about the team. The second that season is over, it is all about the kids on the team. |
Enjoy it. Take a breath, kick back and enjoy. Because this doesn't happen every year at Memphis. It happens at Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and those other programs. It doesn't happen at Memphis. |