425 Quotes by Tom Izzo

Well, I'm happiest for Maurice (Ager). To his credit he had some tough games. He came up and talked to me after the Iowa game and said he was working hard and getting his rest, and he really needed to have a good game. I thought he was excellent.

Our defense was very, very good against a very complex offense at times. A week prep for that offense helped us.

I'm tired of being close this year. It's time we got a few more things done.

The officiating, I question it. I really do. I question it. I guess I'm allowed to say that.

Well I'm a little disappointed right now because we're having some hotel problems because there seems to be some other (events) booked. I don't know if that's the Big Ten's fault or Indianapolis' fault but that's a little concerning.

If anybody that ever played here hears that statistic, they're going to have trouble coming back and seeing us.

I'm not a big believer that the NCAA goes totally on strength of schedule and things like that, so I think you still have to have wins.

Dee Brown killed us then, and Dee Brown killed us now.

We played Gonzaga, we played Arizona, we played all these overtime games, and I told (my team during a late-game huddle ) I thought we've earned the right to win this game. I felt, looking at them in the eye, that they were looking back at me saying, 'Damn right we do, and we're going to get it done.' And that was encouraging.