425 Quotes by Tom Izzo

I'm excited about the Big Ten. It's great to have our league being talked about. I think every team in the league is making some strides, and I still think there are eight teams in the league that could win the Big Ten championship.

I feel for that kid. He's only been in six or seven practices in the last two months so we can't even do what we want to do with him yet.

The Thursday-Saturday thing was a joke, in my mind, and I think most coaches would agree with that. I turned down going to the NBA ? I didn't think I'd have back-to-backs right now.

I'm expecting big things out of this class. They have paid their dues. I would like to send them off the right way.

Maybe I should resign or retire and then maybe we can get our record back where it belongs.

I'm disappointed that we can't seem to find the basket. That affects other parts of the game, too. Now we need to regroup.

I've been a little soft in practice lately, because I've been paranoid about this three games in six days.

I feel real comfortable that who we are playing and who we could play does not throw up any red flags. I'm looking at it like I'm definitely packing for two days the first weekend, and then I'm not going on spring break the second weekend. There's no plans in the foreseeable future, so I'm planning on playing some basketball.

Maybe I'm hoping. I have no medical evidence. The two things I like is: I know we won't do anything to jeopardize him, and I know he wants to come back. Some guys would shy away from that for a while, and for him it's a no-brainer.