399 Quotes by Geno Auriemma

I told her in the locker room after the game, I said 'You should feel terrible, you wasted away about 10 games of your college career. She got more accomplished tonight than she did in 10 of our games.

We put ourselves in position to win with two minutes left and we didn't do it. A lot of that responsibility falls on my shoulders.

I always think the same thing when we have these,

I can't believe there's 64 teams in the country better than that team that are going to be playing in the NCAA tournament.

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.

I told the kids in the locker room that if you're lucky in life, sometimes fate taps you on the shoulder. You want to be ready and we were ready.

This time of year, it's the individual player that makes the difference. The things you do as a program gets you to this point. Then individuals decide the outcome of the games.

Having a senior athletic enough that she can play inside and outside and can move some of their players away from the basket, not having that allowed them to pack it in. It made it difficult for us to get anything going, but at the same time, Pitt's defense and how physical they were had more to do with it than Turner not playing.

He and I talk all the time about playing again and we probably will. They're a really good team to play. I think he runs the kind of program that I would enjoy matching up against from a competitive standpoint and from a personal standpoint that I have a lot of respect for him and I have a really good relationship with him. I would want to do it if we could.