40 Quotes by Al Thornton

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    You've just got to give Virginia Tech credit. They were more energized or something.

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    This is definitely the biggest game because I feel like this is one of the best seasons we've had.

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    This just does it. We're in it. We're all excited, because we feel like we're in the NCAA Tournament.

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    It's not just the coaches who are holding the players accountable. The players, we're holding each other accountable, too. That's a big difference as opposed to last year. We'd be arguing and there would be a lot of negativity. Who was getting the shots? Who was getting the minutes? Now, we're just together and it doesn't really matter who scores the points.

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    It's learning experience. Once you have all those close games, something clicks. You learn from it and you execute down the stretch.

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    It's very important for us. We're known as a team around the league that doesn't play well on the road. We have to get that monkey off our backs.

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    I never played with a brace on, and it was very irritating. I couldn't move with it on.

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