119 Quotes by John Jay

Ed had a lot of love and appreciation for Oregon State, and he was very much interested in our basketball program. He'd come to practice a couple of times a year, and I'd see him at Beaver Huddles in Salem. It was an honor to get to know Ed. He's one of the first true legends in Oregon State basketball and he'll be forever remembered.

It would have been nice to go down and have the lead one time. That sometimes changes the mind-set - you look at it a little bit different. But we don't know what would have changed. Aaron made two great plays. He was definitely the star of the game.

I've seen since Pac-10 started a greater focus in practice toward the game plan, the scouting report. He's absorbing more. The more anybody invests into something with a commitment; you don't accept failure as easy. You are better prepared to sustain effort and focus. It sure helps us when he plays like that. He's more difficult to deal with.

I've never seen them shoot that well. They shot us right out of the fight.

The stuff he's doing is within the framework of the offense because he's practiced at game speed.

Ryan Appleby just blew us up in the second half.

Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair -- why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

You're trying to do things to him that people have been trying to do to him his whole life. He's as quick as all get-out and he's as strong as all get-out, he's smart and he's skilled. Unless you can be bigger than him and jump on his top shoulder and not let him around you, he gets where he wants.