Patrick Sparks Quotes (24 Quotes)

It's going to be us against a lot of orange. They came into our house and took care of us, and we've got to go down there and take care of business. ... This is a chance to show everybody that we can play with the top teams.

You practice like you play, and this is going to be Coach's system. This gives everybody an opportunity to start, and you've just got to take advantage of it.

This was a big step for us, in terms of playing like a team. That's the way you have to play. You have to play for each other you have to play together. When you do that, that's what gives you confidence in each other and in yourself. That's what we've been lacking.

I didn't know what happened. I thought I was going to have to call a timeout or something. It was crazy, I just saw him and I was like, get up.

They were pretty high, weren't they I thought we looked hot out there.

It's something I felt like I needed to do. I apologized for the losses and the way I had been playing. This is my senior year, and I don't want to go out on a bad note. I just want us to play for each other when we're on the court.

I was fortunate. My teammates did a good job getting me the ball.

They were closing out on me quick and giving me driving lanes. I was able to hit some mid-range shots and make some extra passes in there. Then I started hitting some threes there near the end trying to get us back. It just wasn't enough.

I thought we played them tough. But I think they did some things down the stretch that separated us.

Maybe it was a little deep, but I knocked it down.

This was a missed opportunity.

A lot of guys were open today and I just made a lot of extra passes when I could have shot, but I found a teammate who had a better shot.

I thought we responded well to it, the veteran guys stepped up, started the first half, started the second half, played well. People got some opportunities tonight and I think they took advantage of it.

When we're in the spread, it's hard to guard. Joe's a capable player, and he really stepped up tonight and gave us what we needed.

They did a good job of taking away the three. We had the shot, and that's all you can ask for.

To come back from 11 down in the final five or six minutes at a neutral site against a great team does show a lot about our toughness.

We missed a big opportunity. It's a tough place to play, but we were right where we wanted to be and didn't make plays at the end.

A lot of people expect Kentucky to play on the weekend. We've been down here since Thursday, and we've been fighting two games. We've made it to the weekend, and we'll just keep it going game by game.

We could coast into the tournament and just worry about getting the best position possible. This year we are fighting for our lives.

My whole team was behind me and saying, keep shooting. Coach Smith was saying just jump up there with confidence. We know you can hit it, so anytime your teammates and coach say that, then it's going to inspire you to knock down shots so that's what you need to do for your team.

We've got a lot of guys playing well at the same time now. That's a good sign. As time has gone on, we've figured what we have to do to be successful.

We just got stops, rebounds and hit free throws. We've been trying to prove something every game and I think we've proven to ourselves that we can defend, rebound and hit free throws and if we keep doing that we'll win these close games.

I didn't want it to be my last game. I just tried to leave it all out on the court.

I hit some shots tonight, but a lot of that just had to do with, I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens, and ... I just tried to take good shots, and they just happened to be at good times.