33 Quotes by Jim Larranaga

I think the dome is a factor for a team that's never played in one. Lamar Butler was quoted yesterday saying he'd never even been in a dome. There's a problem developing the proper depth perception.

Our league has had an incredible season from top to bottom and start to finish. The league is at its all-time best.

I think one of the objectives of any professional organization is to find diamonds in the rough, what they affectionately call 'sleepers,' somebody that no one else knows about. Jai Lewis is as talented an athlete as I've ever been around. His hand quickness and foot quickness are incredible.

We don't feel the stress maybe the higher seeds feel because we're emphasizing to the kids to have fun with this and not to put that pressure on themselves, not to put other peoples' expectations on themselves.

What we stand for is far greater than whether we win or lose on a basketball floor. We are all educators. Our responsibility is to teach these youngsters, whether they're basketball players or any other student-athlete we're working with, to set the right example.

The players were dancing in the aisles. The kids were screaming 'George' ... 'Mason.' The pep band was playing. If you can't get excited for this, what can you? It was great. You live for this.

We have emphasized all year long not to put people on the foul line. Does it concern me? Before every game I'm always concerned about stuff like that. So far, we've got a very good group of smart players.

Everything that I am as a coach, it was formed there.

Everybody expected us to win the national championship. I could observe the amount of pressure that we all felt trying to get to the Final Four.