425 Quotes by Tom Izzo

I told Shannon as he was walking out there, maybe it was time for a different Brown to be the hero.

We didn't play great but we played good enough to win. This was a step. How big a step? It's too early to tell.

He's an incredibly gifted student and still has sacrificed his time away with little in reward. And you always have special feelings for guys like that.

I told them in the huddle that we played Gonzaga and Arizona we played all those overtime games and we've earned the right to win the game. They looked back at me and said, 'Damn right we did.

I thought about bringing out the accordion and giving them the Lawrence Welk special. At times with this group, I didn't know what to do with them.

We did a pretty good job on a lot of guys, just free throws, free throws, free throws.

I can remember back in the championship years winning by one point and two points against teams that weren't as good. I'm gonna chalk this up to a win when we weren't at our best.

I told them their most important job now is the locker room, the dorm room, the hotel room. What they spread, what kind of message they spread, might be as critical as anything.

When our recruiting changes, when we get to select instead of recruit, then I'll consider us in the next echelon.