48 Quotes by Dave Odom

We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.

We needed a shakeup; we needed a change; we needed a different slant. I thought our team had a chance to win the game. I really did.

Some might say there was a team in the country that needed a win like this more than we did. I would argue that.

More is not always better, particularly with Renaldo sometimes, less is better. If you keep him uncomfortable, you've got a good chance of having a good game out of him. You want him uncomfortable.

I don't know that we could ask our team to play any better than they did these two games here. We were playing well at the right time. ... This was a special team.

I don't know that I've seen him play a better floor game than he played tonight.

I can just tell you there was nobody I recruited more. Nobody knew his high school coach more. Nobody had him on his campus more. Nobody offered him sooner. Why he went out of state, you'd have to ask him.

We're probably not catching them at a great time, but our guys want to win too.

To get back here and play in the world's greatest arena, this late in the season, for a university and a team who have a great deal of pride, it means an awful lot.