Adrian Moss Quotes (53 Quotes)


    He doesn't shoot enough. Literally, Lee could shoot the ball every time he touches it, and I wouldn't care. But he's just not that type of guy. If Lee has an open shot, and someone has a better shot, he's going to get rid of it. But I'd rather see Lee shoot the ball.

    It's a big honor, any time you meet the president of the United States. You just want to try to savor the moment.

    He's impossible to guard. He can do so many things. He really is the key for us.

    You just have to go in there and just play. When you go in, your team is counting on you, especially in a critical situation. You have to go in there and perform to your ability not to let the team down.

    Kentucky is going to be a Kentucky team. Coach Tubby Smith always has those guys ready to play basketball -- their defensive intensity, their team cohesiveness -- that's a mainstay. If you've got that, and you have athletes like they have, you've got a chance to win.


    We always knew we had a chance. As long as you have the belief in your team, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks.

    When our time came, we made our run. And we did a good job of handling their (rallies), I thought.

    He used to destroy us (with) three-hour practices. We would spend hours killing each other before games.

    Where we used to live, there were a lot of gangs and a lot of trouble.

    We've got to deal with three losses and move forward and learn from it. (The difference) has been a couple of plays here and there. We've got to make those couple of plays we haven't been making.

    Look at the Colts. They went 13-0. They got beat. If we come out and have an off night, we can get beat easily. You just have to come into each game with the right focus and respect the game.

    Kentucky is going to be a Kentucky team. (Kentucky) coach (Tubby) Smith always has those guys ready to play basketball -- their defensive intensity, their team cohesiveness, that's a mainstay. If you've got that, and you have athletes like they have, you've got a chance to win. You never can count Kentucky out for dead.

    When it's someone's time, they have to step up. It was my time.

    I'll probably wake up at 330 in the morning, screaming, waking up all the neighbors. But they'll have to suck that up tonight.

    It wasn't a rivalry, but now it's starting to become a rivalry again. It's kind of like you're playing against a guy in your neighborhood who you never beat. And you finally beat him -- your confidence gets sky-high.

    Heck of a play by a heck of a player. I've played against him four years and he's been doing that for four years.

    He's still the same intense, passionate dude about the game of basketball that he's always been. In that aspect, I don't think coach is going to mellow at all.

    When I was younger, I played a whole lot of playground ball. That's where I got tough at, too. It's part of the reason why I don't ever get hurt.

    He's got twinkle toes down there. He's very limber, very agile, has great feet, finishes well with either hand with an incredible soft touch for his size.

    They came out and they got the job done - bottom line. We can't be mad if they rush the floor. They won. You can't be mad at what they say. We should have taken care of business.

    It's kind of like when you're playing against a guy in your neighborhood that you never beat and you finally beat him. Your confidence gets sky high. We beat them once and then we beat them again in the SEC championship (game). We just like getting wins against those guys.


    It means we're still one of the elite programs. And that this program has a bright future.

    It's a matter of pick your poison. They sagged down on our big guys and left our shooters open. They picked the wrong poison tonight.

    You never can count Kentucky out for dead. I don't care if they go 0-10 in the SEC, they're still going to make the tournament and they're still going to do well in the tournament because that's Kentucky. They're fighters and scrappers with a lot of heart.

    People think that they're thanking us for winning a national championship, but we're really thanking them. We're thanking them for all the support that they've given us throughout the years.


    We always knew we had the talent. We always knew we could do it. It was just the belief. We believed.

    They've always been confident guys with a swagger. But then they had an innocent swagger. Now they have a confident swagger, like we've done it now. So it's a different kind of swagger.

    We're a team. It's a selfless team. We all care about one another. We just try to make the game easy for each other. That's pretty much the best way I can describe it.

    Our place isn't as large as Rupp Arena at Kentucky or Tennessee, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

    Ooh, there will be debate. They'll probably have the parade after the Orange and Blue game. They don't want to mess up that game.

    He was explaining to me there was a dip in the road and he just fell off the bike. I saw scrapes on his shoulders and a knot, but I didn't think too much of it. . . . He hurt himself going through the things he does every day, so I would think that would be more frustrating than anything.

    You got to go to class. It's still college.

    It's a competitive basketball game and everyone is out there playing hard. For a freshman to go at Chris is surprising. He's a pretty big dude.

    It's a beautiful thing just to see all your student body out there some 100,000 people out there shouting orange and blue. It's a beautiful thing.

    The first four minutes of the half is where we make our statement.

    I don't think anyone's intimidated by them. They've just kind of had our number there for a while, but we got two in a row against them. It's a good rivalry.

    When teams bring it in there, they're kind of looking over their shoulder. One of them is going to get it. They do an amazing job of blocking shots without picking up fouls. The biggest thing about that is they keep the ball in play all the time. You never see them slap it into the third row.

    Manhattan, we just got destroyed. So you kind of throw that out. Creighton hurt the most. We had the game won, and they came in and made an incredible shot a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

    I don't know how they got my number. It's a lot of catching up. But it's a nice feeling to be able to catch up when something like this happens.

    I call it a win, that's the only thing that matters. What's it going to say in the win-loss column Iffy win, but it's a win Chalk it up as another win. We've still got zero in the loss column.

    Confidence is never a problem. We're a very good basketball team. We know what we need to correct to make things happen.

    We're a team. The team takes up for each other. When one thing isn't going well, another steps up and takes over that role. We try to make the game easy for each other.

    A lot of people do illegal stuff. I had no problem with those guys rushing the floor. It's an emotional game. They wanted to win. They had their little pep rally and they came out and got the job done, bottom line. We can't be mad if they rush the floor if they win. We should have taken care of business and not even given them a chance to do that.

    It's a big honor any time you get the chance to meet the president.

    You're going to ask the same thing, but go ahead.


    I'm just grateful to give you all this, this championship. We thank y'all. We love y'all. Y'all fueled us to play hard and to play with great energy and great passion.

    We've had a lot of adversity. At Miami, we had adversity. At home, we were getting stomped by Florida State. Absolutely crushed.


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