119 Quotes by Mark Turgeon

In my heart, this is where I'm supposed to be. I told the players, I never pursue a job. I never have. I never will. I was just trying to do what was best for our staff and our basketball program.

Sean's gotten stronger. He understands it better, so he's not out of position. He's guarded the best player some nights -- he's come a long way.

I just kept telling the guys, 'I don't know whose team that is out there, but it's not us on offense,'... Four of them holding their their hands up and one guy going one-on-one -- it was a little frustrating.

No complaints. We had the first game on our home court. This is probably how it should be.

I don't know if it's a measuring stick. But I do know one thing: we're fired up to play a Big East school. It's the best league in the country.

Now that that's over -- it's been a long two weeks -- it's about these guys right here.

I couldn't get them under control in the first half. I just couldn't. They thought if they made a shot it would count as nine points.

If we had boxed out, it wouldn't have gone to overtime.

I do think we got some scrutiny that we didn't deserve. We're really proud of what we've done. We weren't going to let a bunch of people around the country who haven't seen us tell us any different.