425 Quotes by Tom Izzo

We're going to get back in the weight room to work on toughness and character. I promise we'll be tougher and I promise we'll get this program back to where we all want it.

You can't win four games because of luck.

It's distracting. I understand everybody has a job to do. I just don't know what you say. You never can be right. . . . Everybody has to look at every opportunity in life whether it's in your profession, mine or the president of the United States.

I think there was a little self-doubt. But I thought we made a commitment that we're going to try to play and leave it on the floor.

This is a good basketball team, and when I say good, I don't mean just average good, I mean good enough to beat anybody in this league, good enough to make any run that we can make. But there's not a lot of margin for error.

We bring people from different areas, and they melt into one.

You hope your walk-ons bring some camaraderie, a high work ethic and a low maintenance problem, and I think those guys have done that.

We're going to hone in 95 percent of our time on George Mason. If you don't win the first one, you don't get to the second one. But if you get to the second one and you're not prepared and you don't get out of the weekend, I don't feel like that's where Michigan State is right now.

You have to pick your poison. We just tried to stay up on the shooters and not sag as much on the inside. Dials did hurt us, but he didn't beat us. On that day, they missed some shots that I think were contested. And I think they missed some shots that weren't. They weren't on a hot streak like they are now. They were still shooting well. But, lately, they've been on just a barrage. Bruce (Weber) has one of the best defensive teams in the league, and if they can do that to Illinois, that's scary.