A lot of people thought the 'Why not us?' was a gimmick. It wasn't a gimmick. |
A.J. has always been tough on himself. He has always expected to make every shot and make every play. It's great, to a certain extent, to be he hard on yourself as long as it doesn't affect you or get you too impatient. |
Between 11 and midnight (Friday night) I'm going to make sure that I'm out on that football field for at least a half hour shaking hands and thanking students. At 6:45 a.m. (today) I'm going to hand out doughnuts to the students. I want everybody to feel a part of this. It's not a PR stunt; it's just who I am. I really appreciate all the support we've gotten this year. |
Can we compete? Absolutely. Can we win? We'd love to find out. I don't think these guys will have any fear. |
For the first time all year, we have nothing to lose. We can take a deep breath and relax and play because nobody's giving us a chance. |
Four years ago I had a vision, I had a plan. I'm not sure how many people believed in that vision and believed in that plan. |
He's part basketball player, part acrobat. |
I am grateful for the opportunity and support that I have received. My student-athletes and assistant coaches have worked hard to get the program to where it currently stands. Our success is directly related to their efforts. |
I didn't dance on my wedding night. |
I don't know if next year's team has a chance to be better, but it has a chance to be just as good. |
I don't think our staff or our players would have any problem if we had to face them in the conference tournament. They're a well-coached team and they're a good, solid team, but we won the regular season in this league so we're ready to play anybody that's put in front of us. |
I hope for Coach Calhoun that everything goes wrong. |
I just got off the phone with Gov. [George] Pataki. Amazing. |
I think America started to believe a little bit. |
I think for us to go down to UMBC and lose this game, it opens up a lot of eyes comes the tournament. Teams are going to say, 'Hey, they might be vulnerable.' We don't want to give anybody any confidence heading in. |