Quotes about up-tempo (16 Quotes)



    When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.


    We are committed to up-tempo basketball. We will press 94 feet. There's a definite advantage because there is a different preparation (for opponents). I think the players do fit our style.

    We've been staying up-tempo, pushing the ball up the floor. We really don't have a great inside presence where we want to slow down and play half-court basketball. We want to play an 84-foot ball game and stretch it out. I really feel that was a big part of the game. (Enterprise) got tired.


    All of it is Unions defense. They play up-tempo, in-your-face basketball. They are physical and athletic. They are going to force you to do things you dont want to do. They contest every shot. It is not like some other teams where you get a chance to get yourself set. You have got to get the shot off quick.

    We thought if we were going to have a chance it would be to control the tempo. The challenge tonight was that we asked them to do something that is different than what we typically do but, again, we felt like that was our best opportunity. It got up-tempo a little bit in the second half and thats when you could see the separation in the athletic ability.

    We're playing Arizona basketball. It was more of an up-tempo game, run up and down the court, and we had a lot of defensive stops. We caused a lot of turnovers. Everybody played great, from the first guy to last. It was great. I had fun out there.


    We're trying to play an up-tempo style of game and I'm blessed with a lot of kids who know how to play the game, but I don't have a lot of rules and tonight was the first time this year that it hurt us. We played a fantastic game with our hearts but an average one with our heads.

    It's one of the reason's we're at the top of the Metro right now - our up-tempo, pressure the basketball style of play. It's hard for any team to execute offensively with a kid in his face screaming.




    I liked the up-tempo game better. Its constant, plus at the time the pay might have been a little better than the other two. But the truth is I just had more of a passion for the game of basketball than I did the other two.




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