622 Quotes by Billy Donovan

I don't know if we've played against teams as talented as teams we're playing against now. Playing hard, playing unselfish, doing all the right things, team-wise, is great. ... But it's not good enough to beat good teams.

It was one of those games where we did enough offensively to win the game . . . (but) you've got to defend and rebound better than we did.

That's generally a recipe for disaster, but because we defended the 3-point line that gave us an opportunity.

Based on what do we deserve to win those games? Based on what? Three, four sophomores and a freshman? That doesn't give us a right.

I said to those guys, we're doing a thing now and I'm probably going to be asked some questions beforehand and/or after and I said what I would like to do is say something. They were like, 'Yeah, yeah Coach, that would be great.' Now the whole thing they did I didn't know. I just told them I was going to paint a picture and say I don't know what those guys' futures were.

It's very obvious watching him he's not as reckless and daring and playing like he's capable of. I don't know how available he is. He'll play, but will he be a productive player?

You're time's here. Don't make the mistake of being so disappointed that you aren't getting to play that you don't come back ready for next year.

I don't know if we're going to be a team that has anyone that's going to get 18, 19 or 20 points a game. What we have to do is be a team that has four or five guys averaging 10 to 15 points a game.

Tonight, we won because of our defense and they didn't shoot the ball particularly well. I would say it was a combination, that we did at times challenge their shots, and there were maybe also some shots they just didn't knock down.