Allan Ray Quotes (52 Quotes)

My vision is back to 100 percent. I'm ready to go out and play.

Surprisingly, it's not that hard to block things out. You just go up there confident, with a clear head.

Being No. 1 in the country would definitely be a great accomplishment for the school and the fans and everyone.

We had a chance to see a lot of different styles of play and you had to adapt to the different style each team plays. Thats going to help us come tournament time because the game in the Pac-10 is different from the Big East and we know how to adapt to the different styles. Im glad I had that opportunity.

For a freshman, that was a great play, just having the confidence to go up there and make a play like that at that time in the game. He went up and challenged him and made a great play.

That is most important with our program -- defend the rebound. When you go against Boston College, you have to keep them off the offensive glass. That's most important with us when we go against bigger teams.

I just hope the MRI is in my favor.

It was tough coming down those steps for the last time.

When we jumped out on them early, we were all saying in our heads, 'We've got them exactly where we wanted them to be.' ... That was the best position you could have the No. 1 team in the country 21-9 in the first half. We couldn't ask for anything more.

It's always big when you beat the No. 1 team. It was awesome coming away with the win and seeing the crowd rush the floor.

They matched everything we did. We made a run. They came out and stopped it. If we missed a wide-open shot, they came down to score. The transition, they got the stops when they needed to, and they grabbed the big rebounds at the times that they did.

We realized it as soon as the game was over. We ran into the locker room yelling, 'Big East champs' That was such a good feeling.

I got a lot of good looks. A lot of them were in and out. It just wasn't falling for me today.

I'm really just moving on. I've got this season to worry about now.

That's why I was hanging my head. When it first happened I was like, 'You can't be serious, not another knee injury.' That's why I was so scared. We've had a lot of knee injuries on this team and I didn't want to be another one.

We definitely both like to run down the court. It's not like BC, where they like to slow the game down. It's definitely going to be up and down. That's the style of play that we like to play.

The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.

The brace was really good, it eliminated the pain. Even if I was on the bench I was still going to cheer the guys on. Just to play was very special.

I couldnt find my shot in the trials, ... I couldnt make anything. Playing defense in the one thing that Coach Wright has instilled in me. Youre going to have off day offensively, but you can never have an off day defensively.

That was my mistake. I was supposed to be in front of Rudy at the time and I let him catch it behind me and that was why I picked up the foul. That was definitely my fault.

He just said not to worry because it could be something little.

When I was on that floor and couldn't see anything, that was one of the first things I was thinking about, I'd probably be blind. I thought I was. I couldn't see anything. Everything was burning. Pretty much, my life just flashed in front of me.

I was pretty comfortable out there. My vision was good the past few days, so I just came in and I felt pretty good.

It didn't surprise me. I thought I shot pretty well in practice. I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I wasn't even thinking about my eye.

Coach wants us to be aggressive, especially at times like that. He expects us to make plays.

We didn't sit back and start thinking we were going to lose. We talked in the huddle, and everybody said that we just had to stay calm and not panic. We knew they would make a run. Once you panic, bad things happen.

I havent been on New Yorks public transit system since I got my car four years ago. I drive everywhere.

The great teams find a way to win.

It was a great game. A good bounce-back game for us after losing to Canada yesterday. It showed how much pride we have in USA Basketball. After losing yesterday's game, coming out and being able to play hard today against Puerto Rico, that says a lot.

He jumped up there before me and I couldn't get there right away. My hand got caught up in his arm and the ref called the foul.

With all the media attention and all that's going on, I don't want all the focus to be on me. I just want to say my eye's fine, there's nothing wrong with it, so please no more questions about it. I just want to focus on basketball.

Their defense did a great job on us. Every shot was contested. There were very few open looks.

We lead in different ways. I think the team does a great job in following us. There have been times where the team has picked us up, too, and I think that's most important, that everyone is together on the team. That's what me and Randy do the most, make sure that everyone is together.

We are here to take care of business.

I've practiced two times already and the practices were great. My vision is back 100 percent, and I'm ready to get back out there and just play.

Like Randy said, this is going to hurt for a while.

We were just like, 'Man, listen, the No. 1 team is out and it could easily happen to us. We don't want to be the ones going home. We worked too hard for it.

The last two years, Coach Wright's been real in depth with what he wants us to do. He definitely defined everyone's roles on the team. He basically just bases the offense on guys doing what they do best.

It was real hard, but it was a great learning experience. It taught us how to deal with adversity.

Honestly, to tell you the truth, it's not like a big sense of excitement right now. We're just here to take care of business.

That's just what we do. That's how we play. That's our system. Until somebody decides to stop us guards, then we'll continue to do that. Once they do stop us or we have an off night, we have guys that we can go inside too. A lot of people don't think we have an inside game.

We thought when we came here that we were going to be in the tournament every year. But I'm kind of glad how things worked out because we went through so much and worked so hard to get where we're at now ... It wasn't an easy road for us. Nothing was handed to us. We had to deal with many different issues and that makes it even sweeter.

Monmouth is a great defensive team or they wouldn't be here. This is the NCAA Tournament and there are a lot of great teams here. We kept our composure. We knew there were times when we weren't going to be able to score, but that's when we relied on our defense to keep us in the game.

(Syracuse) gave us a lot of open looks. When you give good players open looks, it's hard not to miss.

Their defense also did a great job, I can't take anything away from them. Every shot was contested there were very few real open looks. They did a great job contesting our shots and making sure we took tough shots.

As long as you get the win, that's the bottom line. It doesn't matter if it's by one point or two points, a win is a win.

Definitely, we all talked about it. We knew how they came in here and beat us pretty heavily last year. We didn't want to let that happen again, so we just came out with a great mindset, great intensity and really focused on our game plan.

Jeff Pierce, our trainer, gave this to me and it really keeps things tight. It takes away a lot of the pain.

Once my vision came back and was clear and not blurry anymore, I knew I could come out and play.

In practice, I was shooting the ball pretty well and I was really confident with my shot. I didn't have a problem with the eye. I wasn't thinking about it. I came into today's game like it (the injury) didn't even happen.