Bruce Weber Quotes on People (12 Quotes)

People are alarmed we're alarmed.

I feel bad for him. That's one of the bad parts of our profession. It affects your family. People have no sympathy. You say it's college, it's amateur basketball, but it's not. It's sad. But we chose to be in the profession, so we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Maybe the travel will be a blessing. We don't have to deal with the hundreds of people in the lobbies, going into the hotels and using the kitchen elevators.

I believe it's a step up when you get into the league. People guard you, they scout you. It's more of a possession game.

People can sit back in offices and tell you it doesn't matter. They're wrong. They don't live it. It's something we've talked about in Big Ten meetings. They say it's part of being a good team. People want to see you on TV. I guess that's so. But that doesn't make it easy.

You just have to be so pleased for him, the improvement he's made. People got upset early, he was inconsistent, but he was a rookie in a way (as) a freshman. He had to get a feel of what it was about and get some confidence back. I thought late in the season, he was as consistent as anyone on our team.

One of the problems is we've only played them once the last couple of years. We've lost a little bit of that rivalry. I still think it's a pretty good rivalry. It's a border state. They've been pretty good over the years. I think a lot of people still get excited about Indiana being on the schedule and when that game comes up.

That's what you want to hear on the road - silence. You start seeing the people start walking up the stairs, and now you're starting to feel good.

We can't just turn it on and off. On paper, the Big Ten looks pretty tough, and we have to be ready to play. I don't think we're good enough not to play hard and kind of blue collar. Last year we were white collar. We were pros offensively, we had so many weapons. We could turn it on and off when we wanted and toy with people. But we're not that way.

I think a lot of people thought we'd get to play closer to home. Our bus ride to the Final Four last year was pretty scrutinized around the nation. I'm not saying it had an effect on this year, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. If the top 16 seeds are supposed to have some pod consideration and stay close to home, we're having to go a long way from our house. I don't think the pod is working in that case.

A lot of it is TV. We were disappointed our families and friends don't get to be at tip-off of an NCAA game. You play all these games all year, you earn the right to play in the NCAA, and you're playing before no people. Something's gotta be done about that.

We could have gone undefeated in the regular season and lost in the first or second round and felt like a failure. This year, in my mind, we're a little bit of an underdog. If we make a great run, we would be surprising some people.