Tom Izzo Job Quotations

I can't make any excuses up. As a coaching staff, we have not done a good enough job of adjusting to the things we need to adjust to, whether it be the schedule, whether it be an injury, whether it be end-of-the game situations with guys tired or not tired. We've got to find a way to do a better job, because we're a good enough team to get it done.

He has that ability to raise a crowd off its feet. He's done a good job for them bringing that alone. ... You always have to be a little more concerned about a lob they might throw into the rafters that he can go get. That makes it more difficult.

I think a lot of people like the Chicago thing because it's maybe more of a destination. But Indianapolis did an incredible job of making us feel like we were the main attraction in town.

I think Shannon Brown deserves a lot of credit. ... I thought he did a great job on Taylor and that was the difference in the game.

I think he's done a great job in a tough situation.

I think we can get it done. I guess it's my job to sell it to them. I don't think I'm selling ice to an Eskimo. I still have a lot of faith in this team.

I thought we did a decent job on them. We just didn't score. It wasn't the offense, it was the missing some shots.

You do have to have good teams, let's not kid ourselves. And I think Bruce Weber has done a phenomenal job there.

We did a pretty good job on a lot of guys, just free throws, free throws, free throws.

Early in his career, they said there was never a shot he didn't like. He's changed. He's done such a much better job of shot selection. I'm going to have to get him to shoot bad shots again because I really thought he had some great looks and he just couldn't ? poor kid couldn't buy one.

I've been in his shoes and know what he went through. They did a good job in the first half.

Fatigue had zero to do with the loss. We did not do a good job of handling our lead in that situation.

There's no reason we can't get the job done. We've got enough players to get it done.

In my nine years, this is one of the more disappointing evenings I had in this job because it's going to be sad to see some seniors go who've done a lot for us, won a lot of games.

The nice thing for us with George Mason is we did play them last year and it wasn't like we ran through them. We just did a good job at times and we struggled at times.

I wanted to make a point to Paul that he has to take the ball to the basket and he's got to quit taking those fade shots. I guess I haven't done a very good job of that this year, so I reverted back to a way I know best.

I wanted to make a point to Paul that he has to take the ball to the basket instead of shooting those fade shots. I guess I haven't done a very good job of that this year, and so I reverted back to a way I know best.

It's distracting. I understand everybody has a job to do. I just don't know what you say. You never can be right. . . . Everybody has to look at every opportunity in life whether it's in your profession, mine or the president of the United States.

The turnovers, I told you, would make a big difference in the game. We did a great job there.

A good job is not good enough here. A good job is 18, 19 wins. Twenty-two wins is a very good job. But we're looking for championships and Final Fours and that didn't change, and that's not going to change until the day I get thrown out of here. Good is not good enough.

I told them their most important job now is the locker room, the dorm room, the hotel room. What they spread, what kind of message they spread, might be as critical as anything.

We weren't the prettiest -- Illinois really pressured us and it bothered us some -- but the defense we played and the job we did, I can't say enough.

I appreciate Matt getting physical and not losing his cool. I don't know if I would have done as good a job as he did.