45 Quotes by Tom Pecora

I told them just before we met that one of the reasons why I'm staying here is because of them. What a pleasure it is to coach young guys like this. I have a lot of friends in this business, and not all of them have a team like we have. The kind of young men that we have, that want to be coached, that want to grow up and that want to be held responsible.

I told them I am proud of all of them but I wasn't proud of everyone's effort though. But that's OK. Nobody's perfect.

It's the first time I've ever had to deal with this.

It should be a great game. This is what it's all about. This is why these kids came to Hofstra - to play in games like this.

It was a hard-fought game, as we thought it would be. We had some issues with foul trouble, so we had to go small for a while and we had to play zone (defense), which I'm not incredibly fond of. But we found a way to win.

They deserve to be in the NCAA tournament. Like I said last night, I think we belong, too.

They've thrown that at us before. You have to hit your sweet spots against the zone, but nothing was falling for us.

Smith has gotten so much better at handling double teams. He's just a great player. We got a little lucky.

That's as good a first half as I've ever seen anyone play since I've been at Hofstra. It's good to have them chase you, instead of the other way around.