Buzz Peterson Quotes (21 Quotes)

That might have been the best 16 minutes we might have played this season. We did a good job on offense we had patience. We got what we wanted.

We are not a selfish basketball team. And we played some selfish basketball.

What a game. I was torn because I wanted to see our league do well, but I also wanted to see those seniors for Tennessee win. It was hard to watch.

I've got a lot of meetings to attend and we're still working hard on recruiting. I'm looking forward to building on what we had going at the end of the season and see if we can't get there next year.

The rule has been in there. I took Tennessee a few years ago to the Dominican Republic. They have tried to do away with it, but it didn't go through.

Thing is, for everybody on this side in the Eastern time zone, I'm sure you'd ask every coach and they'd say they wouldn't like to go to Birmingham. The travel thing is huge.

You see it in the young kids. They seem a little bit tight on the road and they're more relaxed at home. I've tried everything and I've talked to so many people. It will come, but only by playing defense and rebounding.

I'll be on the phone a lot. Hopefully with the push from other people and our conference these kids can continue to play.

That game, I know it helped us beat Winthrop. I think there was a motivation there. You could see it in their eyes that they were determined to be better than the letdown of losing that game.

Football coach David Bennett has done a fantastic job and so has baseball coach Gary Gilmore, ... That can only help us by bringing more attention to the great things going on at Coastal. That and the arena.

You could tell it was our first time (in the finals). But we came out in the second half, made a nice little run. We thought if we could get the lead Winthrop would tighten up a little bit.

You live for a game like this, for the opportunity to play in an environment like this for the right to play in the most exciting event in all of collegiate athletics.

She's a competitor - been a basketball player herself. So we don't do anything competitive with cards or monopoly or anything. We just watch movies or watch a ballgame. We keep it like that. We've had our wars before on different things. So we decided it's best we don't do it anymore.

Joseph and Moses got four fouls each. That completely takes us out of what we want to do defensively. So the game plan was thrown out right there.

I want all of my assistants to have the drive and the goal to be head coaches. We've been together since 1990. ... It's his decision if he was offered. He hasn't even gotten the call, but he's someone they'd have to look at.

With the new team and all the new freshmen, I thought it would give us a good feel for our staff and what we need to work on for the season.

That was a great college basketball game. You can't walk out of this coliseum with your head down. You've got to be able to walk out proud.

To get that 10th straight win, we've got a fight on our hands. This is a big basketball game for us. Mentally we know we've beat every team in the league.

That was a great college basketball game there. Great environment. I told our guys, 'You live for opportunities like this, to have a chance to play in an environment and championship, the right to play in one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time, the NCAA basketball tournament.

I've been surprised to a degree by how well he's doing. But when you look at his work habits and see what a gym rat he is, you're not surprised. Jack works on all kinds of stuff. He has a friend in the gym rebounding for him all the time.

I told Alan, 'They're going right to Lofton,' and I felt like he was going to hit it. I've seen that kid hit that shot so many times, in games and practice. Georgia coach Dennis Felton said he was the best test shooter in the nation.