Aaron Gray Quotes (57 Quotes)

Absolutely, we'd like to play them again. I feel like we will play them again. If we played 10 times, it could go either way all 10 times.

One of our goals is to get a bye in the first round of the Big East Tournament.

We drew up a play and Connecticut did a good job of denying me in the post. It's a tribute to great Connecticut defense.

I don't think we did anything different in the way we went about our business of preparing for a game. We put in the hard work that's needed. We expected to make those shots.

Other teams are keying in on him, setting whole defensive strategies around him. That's presenting opportunities for other people to step up. It's amazing. It seems like every game, it's someone different.

It's been a pleasure playing against you.

It's going to be a great challenge and a great test for our team. New York is where most of our team is from, and with all that excitement in the crowd, we're going to have to perform well.

It's something we're going to have to recognize early, and, hopefully, I'll be able to make good decisions when I get the ball.

People always try to focus on the inside part of our game. When you have guys like Ronald stepping up and hitting perimeter shots, it opens up everything else because they have to stretch their defense and play the perimeter. It widens the lane. It helps the big men out tremendously. The way he's been shooting the ball, it's been helping our team dramatically.

Lacrosse is fast paced and I like fast paced games. It's demanding physically and has the hardest conditioning of any sport. You are always running if you are not sprinting. It's constant movement.

We're real confident going into NCAA Tournament. We beat three real good teams coming into (Saturday).

True story. I knew my time was coming. I knew my teammates were going to be counting on me. I didn't want to let them down.

That put them up one point. I felt we were very confident that we were still going to win the basketball game.

In discussing my options the last couple of weeks with my family and Coach Dixon, I feel that it is in my best interest to declare for the NBA Draft. I will not hire an agent, leaving me the option to return to the University of Pittsburgh for my senior s

That's when I play my best, against the best competition. Sometimes my problem is playing against guys who don't have much of a post presence. It will be a great challenge. I'm looking forward to it.

From the tape, I knew I would have to play good defense and avoid foul trouble. That allowed me to make some plays, and I was just able to come out and have a really good performance.

We got a lot of people out on their shooters and didn't give them many open looks. We think we're a good man-to-man team and we can be physical.

He played with a chip on his shoulder. He was more physical. It was his Senior Day. He was on tonight.

We definitely feel like we control our own destiny, but at the same time, we don't feel there are any easy games that we have left. We still have a lot of good teams left to play, but we definitely feel like we're good enough to get through it.

We started off real slow, and the guys did a great job of playing so hard and coming back. Our team was almost, like, determined at one point. We just didn't make the final plays to come down the stretch.

No matter how much money the NBA offers, that amount won't be able to buy back my senior year at Pitt.

There was just a lack of defense on our part.

There is so much stuff I can take away from this season and go back and look at. I learned about how to better prepare myself for each game, what I need to do on off-days, the type of stuff I need to do in between games so I stay fresh.

Without any pressing issues, there won't be a lot of change. Most people are pretty happy with who is running the board now.

We watched a lot of film on him. He's a big key to their offense. When you're guarding him you can't leave him or he'll get an open shot. I also got great help defense from my teammates, and he missed some shots too. The combination is why he went scoreless.

I want to make sure that when the June 18 deadline comes, it will be my decision, not someone else's or any outside reason, whether I stay or go.

We joke with him about his age a lot, but it's no joke that he's our No. 1 leader on and off the court with his experience and wisdom. I don't believe we'd be in the position we are without him.

The draft process will provide me a great learning experience and will help me become a better player. Academically, I am well on my way to graduating and earning a degree and that is a priority for me.

Obviously, it was a big concern. For the juniors, the people who only have one year left, it's sometimes hard to get a new coach and have a new system.

A lot of people didn't think we'd be where we're at. A lot of people were criticizing the way we finished the season. They thought we could have come in here and been one and done against Louisville. Just goes to show how tough this team is.

Two tough teams went at it and they just came out on top. They're not the No. 1 team in the country for nothing.

We're steps ahead of last year. We're playing more like a team. We have confidence in each other.

We're going to try to have as good a game as last time. We take pride in our defense here. It's going to be a battle, but I'm looking forward to it.

This team, we're winners. We hate to lose. We don't know how to lose. We have 13 guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to win.

Guys are putting too much stress on the offensive end and not enough stress on the defensive end. I think that showed in the last game. We also have to cut down on turnovers. The biggest part of the meeting was cutting down on the little things. People don't understand that one possession, one breakdown can lead to you winning or losing the game. We've confronted those issues and hopefully we'll learn from them.

All the great people learn from the people before them. Chris took one approach and did things the way he wanted to do it. Carl took a completely different approach and did the things the way he wanted to do it. I'm not saying either way is right or wrong, just a different approach.

They've got some big boys that are very good. They were sending two or three guys at me, which was getting frustrating, so I knew I had to get offensive rebounds. The few times I was open for a split second, my teammates did a great job of getting me the ball.

A lot of times my offense is so bad, I'm just glad even with my offensive struggles that I've been able to get offensive rebounds.

They definitely wanted to control it a little more. It was a little weird that our three top players had two fouls in the first half and they didn't have any of their top players in foul trouble.

We've got our church clothes ready for Sunday morning. You can write that down.

Maybe it was a lack of our defense. They got a lot of wide-open looks and they missed a lot of wide-open looks, too.

We beat the No. 2 team in the country that got a No. 1 seed. Our expectations were higher.

Every time I touched the ball it seemed like there were two or three guys around me. I made bad decisions and turned the ball over.

It gives us a chance to play teams from around the country. I'm really looking forward to it. It's the first year we've done it, and usually during Spring Break we flatten off because we won't play.

There are so many emotional highs and lows. You play really well one night, and the next night, you don't play well at all.

That was a tough game. We played real hard. The shots just weren't falling tonight. It just wasn't our night.

It's a great achievement. It's a great compliment to my team. I couldn't have done it without them. The support the coaches and my teammates gave me is probably the biggest reason this happened.

Yeah, either that or I have to make a better move. When my teammates did find me, I wasn't strong with the ball. I made too many poor decisions.

I never really got into the flow of the game. I struggled offensively, defensively. A few times I made some bad decisions. I felt I got the looks I wanted to get. I just didn't finish a few times. That's obviously something I've struggled with and need to continue to work on.

It goes to show how tough this team is and how much we believe in each other. No one gave up. No one had the thought in their mind that we weren't going to win.