679 Quotes by Jim Calhoun

I told him he has to be more assertive. He's an incredibly talented kid but a very young kid. I think at times he's unstoppable.

said Calhoun, a movie buff. ''There's this scene where Ben Affleck says to Matt Damon that he is going to come back in 20 years and beep the horn. I remember Affleck saying to Damon, 'I don't want to see you coming out.'

Whether it was 50 bucks being sent to me at school, traveling through a snowstorm to see me play, coming to a football game in high school, all those things gave me a sense of love and belief and those things inspired confidence.

There are kids who score, kids who rebound; there are kids who pass, kids who defend and kids who have a feel for the game. He has all those attributes. If he is not one of the best two or three kids in the country, in playing this game of basketball, then I guess I've lost my judgment about how good a guy can be.

We've always treasured it and we still treasure it. If, after the game, we say it wasn't that important to us, we're lying to you. It's important to us. Is it the most important thing? No. But we'd like to be Big East champs.

When you have a kid who's been with you for three years say that to you, whether it happens or not, at least for the moment you feel pretty pretty good. It's good to hear, even if he's lying to you.

He normally doesn't recognize the fact how good, how long he is. He has the occasional scoops like (Kevin) McHale did. He's kind of added that recently, but you don't see it all the time.

I told Rashad he only waited 38 minutes for that three. It was worth the wait.

He's really had a sensational four years with us. This will be their chance to see Rashad in person. We hope he plays exceptionally well.