Basket Quotations

We don't get the Tony gift basket anymore. You used to get incredible swag - there was like $5,000 worth of stuff. I remember getting an MP3 player, gift certificates to restaurants, a three-year gym membership.

From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s - the era of military dictatorship when South Korea was rebuilding itself from a postwar economic basket case to a humming, modern nation - military schools were the track of choice for ambitious young men.

It is so basic as to be mundane, but in disaster relief, all the good will in the world can go to hell in a hand basket if the logistics don't work. In Ethiopia at the best of times, the logistics are difficult. It is a huge country - about the same size as Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma combined. It is also a transportation nightmare.

I've always said a romance hero can be deeply flawed... as long as he's willing to rush into a burning building to rescue a basket of kittens.

Putting even one thing in your shopping basket that's locally produced or organic makes all the difference. It's a vote for the future, for animal welfare, for the environment, for your children's children.

Running was a part of my hardwiring, and that's what I wanted to do. So this is what I tell people who talk about wanting to follow their passion. 'It doesn't have to be running. It can be basket weaving. Be the best basket weaver in the world. Throw your heart and soul into it.'

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.

I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know.

I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.

We have done a lot of work on cost reduction, getting ourselves lean, reducing our breakeven, reducing our fixed cost and increasing exports. All of these factors help because our export basket is not just automotive but also includes industrial products, railways and others.

Montgomery is a very good, disciplined team offensively and defensively. They stay within themselves at all times, they're patient, and they try and get the best look at the basket they can every time down the floor.

One thing is, late in the game, I just could not get the play I wanted run, and that hurt us some. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense, ... They made the shot (by Powell), and I had four seconds to go. I should have never called the play that we take it to the basket and try to draw the foul.

I was telling him to penetrate and attack the basket. I really jumped his butt, but once he attacked the basket he was able to score some points.

I was struggling. I couldn't really go to the basket as quick as I wanted to. When I did it was real painful.

When I made the basket to tie it, I really felt good about what was happening.

One of the things I thought tonight is that we could never put two big baskets together, or put a basket and a stop together. And I give Nebraska a lot of credit for that. We got the crowd into it. I thought we were going to get a little momentum, and they would stop it immediately with a big play.

No, not initially it wasn't the shot we wanted. But we wanted to get into a situation going to the basket and when it came down to the last five seconds, that's where we wanted it.

No one had a great shooting night, but if your offense isn't going right, you just got to get it back on defense. You've got to make those hustle plays, those steals and get on the floor. Sometimes the basket just seems really small and nothing goes in, but you just have to keep fighting.

Nobody would take it to the basket. When they're playing you tight, you have to drive. I told them that the ball wasn't going to go in the basket by itself.

Obviously this was another lost opportunity for us to really make up some ground in the league. Tennessee made their shots and made plays down the stretch, and we didn't. We couldn't get our shots to drop. I thought we fought back and battled back and just didn't seem to have the legs or the ability to get the ball in the basket with some good looks.

I got tired of seeing her shoot one-foot shots. Let's put her at least 15 feet from the basket and see what she does.

I didn't want to do that, but the new coach (Tyndall) said I'd be more of an agile (power forward) for him. I'll get to step outside and play facing the basket more.

I don't know that you can get any closer without getting one. We feel like when we absolutely have to have a defensive stop or a basket at that pivotal time we haven't been able to do it." ()

I did what I always do, and I went 1-for-10. I took the same shots, took my four 3s, drove to the basket a few times, but I didn't get the free-throw line as much as I usually do. They did a good job of not fouling me.

If we put all of our eggs in one basket they will beat us another way. They can run the football, they can throw the football. They have play makers all across the field so we can't limit ourselves to stopping one person or one thing.

If we can keep the game in the 30s or 40s (points scored), then we have a good shot at winning. If it gets in the 50s or 60s, we're probably not going to win. Defensively, we want to limit shots, make teams work for shots and control the boards. Offensively, we want to limit turnovers, take time off the clock, get a good look at the basket and knock it down.

We made a great run at the end of the third. I feel that if we would've started the fourth quarter with a basket instead of a turnover, things would've been a lot different.

When we share the ball like that, we're a hard team to play. We attacked the basket and when you play as hard as we did, only a win is acceptable.

Matt's basket at the end of the first half was a big lift for us. He's a guy who just worked his tail off to get in position (for the offensive rebound) and then finished the shot.

She is an amazing athlete and gets to the basket well. Offensive rebounds are her biggest strength and she really gets after the ball.

She made her mind up to go to the basket tonight. She was more confident driving to the basket and that made a big difference. We've been wanting her to take over a game like this all season because she can do that.

She never played without her back to the basket as a kid growing up because she was always taller, but now she's bringing the ball up the floor and I don't think it's phased her a bit. Her athletic ability is what carries her through.

She is very athletic. She can pull people away from the basket with her shooting and is capable of playing with her back to the basket.

She played very well and had some key baskets for us. She goes hard to the basket and played well on defense.

She's a gamer. She's just getting her feet wet. She knows where the basket is, and we're just trying to get her to play more and more defense. But we put her in and we didn't miss a beat. She knows how to score, so you're going to see more of her.

She's a gifted player, and she attacks the basket so that's how she gets to the line. Her team knows how to look for her, too, so that makes it even tougher on us.

She's a good player. She can go to the basket and shoot the 3-pointer, so we just wanted to limit her touches and that's what I tried to do today.

She has the best nose for the ball than anybody we have. She plays real hard. It used to be take it to the basket, take it to the basket but now she takes jump shots and she made a few of those tonight.

She did a real nice job handling the ball, knowing when to take it to the basket and when not to. Those are things kids have to learn by experience, and we've struggled with that over the last couple of years. She learned tonight. She was a big time player at the end of the game.

She does a nice job of protecting the basket and can block some shots.

She did a good job of taking the ball to the basket and playing her game.

She can take the ball to the basket as well as anybody in the area -- in the state, even. All you can do is let her have one shot, we get a block out, get the rebound and go the other way.

She catches the ball well and she gets to the basket very quickly and gets to the free throw line.

Make sure you give them one look at the basket and you really have to rebound. We're not going to win a jumping contest.

Scott turned the ball over a few times, but other than that, he had a nice game. Thacker just couldn't throw it in the basket tonight. He normally scores 25 a night.

She was the spark we needed tonight. That basket was such a big boost. If she could make that one, we could make any shot.

She wants to get better. You walk into our gym before practice starts, you'll always find Jess at a basket working on her strengths and weaknesses. She starts every day with a routine that allows her to maintain her excellence.

She was yelling at me because of the emotions of the game, but it was a positive thing. She said, 'We need you for this win. Don't worry about your turnovers or not making your shots. You're going to hit a key basket for us, so put a smile on your face and go out and play the game you've been playing for so long.

She's very unorthodox on offense. She drives to the basket and has this remarkable ability to catch a lot of people off balance.

Kersten is having a fine tournament. She's getting good looks at the basket and making her shots.

I was just determined. I was just locked in, tuned into what was going on out there. These points tonight mattered. We needed them. The points I put in the basket were instrumental. It means a lot more.

Kevin's basket was the back breaker. That's in our playbook, and we executed it perfectly.

(James) brings a lot of leadership to the team. Offensively, you don't have to do a lot to get him a shot because he can create his own basket and he plays tremendous on defense. When you watch him play and match him up against any other guard, there aren't many better than him.

James has been a defensive presence for our team. And his ability to protect the basket has improved all year.

Haiti is not the basket case most people make it out to be. Haiti's governments have been basket cases. That's what has held back the people from achieving their potential.

He lets you know how he wants it done and he expects you to do it that way. If you improvise, you better get a basket or a hell of a play because if things don't work out, he's going to let you know about it.

He is such a weapon. He is so quick that he can get to the basket just about anytime he wants. When they do stop him he is unselfish enough to find the open man.

He just gave them another guy who could attack the basket and score. That was big for them.

Given gasoline is such a small component of the household basket in Japan, it should be having an almost negligible impact on sentiment.

Fred had been getting to the basket on us all night. I was just trying to stay in front of him and contest the shot and I was able to get a hand on it.

Getting to the basket and getting to the foul line, I think that's where I'm at my best.

Give North credit, they were tough under the basket and played great defense. We just never looked like we were comfortable tonight.

I got a lot of open looks and just saw the basket and shot it. It felt real good to get back on our home court and see all our fans. I was excited to get back.

Give SPASH credit, they executed well tonight. I felt like we had the kind of looks at the basket that we were looking for down the stretch, but we didn't hit them.

Give (the Heat) credit, because they're a great team. They've got guys who can get to the basket and get to the free throw line. We don't have a guy who can get 20 free throws a night. So how are we going to play? We've got to do it from a team concept, by passing the ball and being ready to pass it.

From the beginning they scored the first basket and we were always catching up. And it's hard to play when you are down. The last two games we had the lead. I guess we play better when we are ahead early.

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But we won't be putting all our eggs in the one basket as the Tigers are much taller than us right across every position.

I felt good about where we were at in the first half. We were lucky to be there. They had good looks at the basket that we gave them. They had some easy shots.

I felt like I needed to put the ball in the basket or someone needed to put the ball in the basket. I started posting up and I knew I could score.

Bryant is hard to guard. He makes tough shots. He attacks you going to the basket and tonight he made some tough jump shots. He is just tough to cover.

Because we had transition baskets like that, it is kind of why we got sloppy. We were trying to make every play into a transition basket instead of playing solid basketball at certain times.

He's a big-time motor. He's a tough winner. He plays extremely hard all the time. The best compliment I could give him is that he does whatever it takes to win, whether it's making the extra pass, hitting a big basket or getting the tough rebound.

He's a great player. He's tough to play against, he's 6-9 and I'm 6-2 so I just tried to go hard to the basket and get fouled.

We talked at halftime that we weren't attacking the basket enough. They were playing out on (Michael) Brown, which means we had lanes to attack. We just had to get to the baseline or get the ball reversal to the basket. All our kids like to pound the glass. When we missed, we went and go it again.

I looked up at the score several times (and said), 'Alright, we're at six, let's just keep cutting it.' ? It was definitely frustrating. We were looking for that one basket just to get over that little hump.

He's (Palacio) terrific, he was terrific down the stretch. He made his free throws; he took the ball to the basket and just played extremely well. He seemed to be very confident playing in that position.

He was outstanding. He was able to get position and was able to receive the ball right at the basket where he wanted to. You gotta give Malden a lot of credit. We'll get back, I promise you that.

He was a handful for us. We threw three or four different guys at him, and none of them did a great job. He did a great job of getting to the basket on us. He can be very active and very difficult to defend.

He was a huge part of this win. He took it upon himself to drive to the basket and score or go to the free-throw line and score.

He comes from a really tough background as far as growing up in Brooklyn and he's helped really helped our team by being someone who can go and get a tough basket or a rebound. We're going to need him to be successful at the regional tournament.

He was taking charging fouls, he was diving on the floor for loose balls and taking the ball to the basket and hitting open threes. He looked as relaxed and comfortable out there as he could possibly be.

We lost the game in the first half, when we didn't match Moline's intensity. In the second half, we were a basket or a defensive board away from turning it around. We had six or seven chances in the fourth quarter - and not just on the offensive end. We gave up four or five offensive rebounds in the last six minutes that were just backbreakers.

We looked more to the basket tonight. Marissa and Heather shot it well from the outside. They (Coffeyville) were packing it in on Emily Larson so we got good looks from outside and the girls hit them.

He can move and come off screens. He's a different type player because he has the ability to step back from three-point range and make shots and he has the ability to drive to the basket. He's a bigger Allen (Iverson) with his ability to shoot. He shoots deeper than Allen. His ability to get to the basket is in the same form of Allen because he looks to attack, attack, attack.

He couldn't stop taking blame. He was a basket case and couldn't keep it together.

I always thought Mel has a chance to be the poor man?s version of Shea (Ralph) and that?s exactly what?s she?s turned out to be. She can?t get to the basket like Shea could. She?s not old enough to go slam people just to see what it feels like, like Shea did. But she makes shots like nobody else in the country at this point.

He did what he usually does. He affects shots around the basket ... He came out and played with a lot of energy.

He (Holman) got us rolling by attacking the basket all the time. And all of the other kids followed suit. He was huge.

He was attacking the basket and he was getting to the basket on them. At the defensive end, he made two or three defensive plays that were really unbelievable plays.

He went harder to the basket than he has before. He was our leading scorer and that's a first for him.

He was very aggressive and sneaky fast. He caused some problems for us driving to the basket and making buckets.

Gomez had a perfect night. Their inside players played really well. They are bigger than we are across the board and we didn't respond by playing harder or going to the basket stronger.

His outside shot has become a lot more consistent. He's really strong at finishing near the basket and he's finding opportunities for himself to get in the scheme of the offense.

His skill level has improved because of his improved strength. Demetrius, he shoots it fairly well from 15-foot range, he's very effective around the basket and he's done a very good job defensively blocking shots.

He's having better practices, and that's carrying over. He's been scoring more and looking to score. He's creating by rebounding and taking the ball to the basket a bit better.

He's been playing well this year. He's been taking it to the basket and he's not taking bad shots. He's been more efficient and he's knocking down that short jump shot.

He's just gritty and determined. He's made more than one game-winning basket this year. He just doesn't have much fear.

He's got great hands. He's a tough young man who has a tremendous amount of determination. I mean, his determination is really what makes him the player he is. He's obviously got good qualities - he's got good touch around the basket - but it's his work ethic that allows him to be the quality player he is. I'm just saying I don't think there are many players that play with that type of intensity, particularly freshmen.

He's finishing around the basket a lot more. He relied mostly on his jump shot before, but now he's scoring more around the basket.