42 Quotes by Patrick Sparks

This was a big step for us, in terms of playing like a team. That's the way you have to play. You have to play for each other; you have to play together. When you do that, that's what gives you confidence in each other and in yourself. That's what we've been lacking.

We just got stops, rebounds and hit free throws. We've been trying to prove something every game and I think we've proven to ourselves that we can defend, rebound and hit free throws and if we keep doing that we'll win these close games.

We missed a big opportunity. It's a tough place to play, but we were right where we wanted to be and didn't make plays at the end.

We could coast into the tournament and just worry about getting the best position possible. This year we are fighting for our lives.

You practice like you play, and this is going to be Coach's system. This gives everybody an opportunity to start, and you've just got to take advantage of it.

A lot of people expect Kentucky to play on the weekend. We've been down here since Thursday, and we've been fighting two games. We've made it to the weekend, and we'll just keep it going game by game.

A lot of guys were open today and I just made a lot of extra passes when I could have shot, but I found a teammate who had a better shot.

They knocked the free throws down and ended the game.

It's going to be us against a lot of orange. They came into our house and took care of us, and we've got to go down there and take care of business. ... This is a chance to show everybody that we can play with the top teams.