Carl Krauser Quotes (56 Quotes)

I expected this. This is what I came back for. I told these guys that we wanted to be unbeaten now, and then go one game at a time in the Big East.

There's a bad virus going around, but it just emphasizes how well we need to take care of ourselves, and continue to come out here and play and give a good effort. It has really brought us together.

I was just overanxious. In my mind, I'm a competitor and a leader, so the leader needs to step up and make big plays.

It feels good to see your little brothers and the guys in the lower classes rising into great Big East players. I told ... those guys that I was proud of the way they're stepping up. I'm proud of my team, period.

When you're up that much, you have to understand that you have to keep playing through. We had to stay solid, stay together, and we did. We made plays, and we got a win.

I just seen him hit the floor, cover his eye and holding it. I thought I hit him in his head because my finger is kind of swollen.

We should always stay with what's working for us. We shouldn't change the chemistry and flow of the team.

When you only have six or seven guys playing, it's hard to go against a team with 11 or 12 guys who can do things that starters do. That's the type of different look that we bring this year and that's what's going to help us make a run.

Oh yeah. We have a lot more guards this year. We're just going to push the ball and make them play hard on defense. I don't think the press will last too long, so it shouldn't cause that many problems.

That's great news. I have his number and I'm going to be calling him.

It definitely is important. No one wants to play four nights in a row in the tough Big East. It's almost like playing in the NBA when you're playing against good teams night in and night out. It would be nice to have fresh legs for those games.

I'm pretty disappointed. I didn't think we deserved a 5 seed. I thought we'd get a little better after the regular season and Big East tournament we had. But things happen for a reason.

The group that we have is very passionate, and they love to win and play together. A lot of teams around the nation, they don't play together -- and I think that's what separates us from every team in the nation.

I'm a tough competitor. But at the same time, we have a lot to learn from this and we're going to take a lot of positive out of this and we're going to get ready for the tournament.

We have to get back to playing Pitt basketball.

I don't think anybody else experienced the type of competition we had in the Big East tournament and in the Big East period. I think we'll be better prepared for the tournament than anybody else out there.

I wanted to come back. I didn't meet all my goals. I wanted to come back and help these young guys. I felt I could come back and give these guys a lift. I didn't want to see a rebuilding year. I wanted to see a year where these guys learned. I wanted to be a leader. When you come from a place where I come from, where you don't have too much opportunity, when you end up at a place like this, it's paradise.

When we give the ball to the big guy, he's doing a lot of things in there. He's kicking the ball out to us.

I'm upset. I'm a basketball player and a competitor, a person who really doesn't like to lose. We are all upset. We just didn't want to lose.

When you go on the road, it's about being a family, sticking together and coming through adversity. We gutted it out and got a tough win.

We're going to take it right to him. He's not going to block everything. We're going to right at him and hope to get him in foul trouble.

It was just a classic college basketball game. And our young guys came through.

They sped us up a little more in the second half. We were in a comfort groove. We've just got to do a better job of taking care of the ball and not turning it over.

This is an important stretch for us. All these games coming up are important. Our character will come out, how we play together. It will bring out the best in us.

We're a little disappointed about the seed. We didn't think we deserved a No. 5 seed. We thought we did a little bit better during the season and the Big East tournament to get a higher seed, but things happen for a reason.

Those guys are coached by a great coach and they're a great team. Great teams make plays. We stayed solid and stayed together and got a win.

I'm just glad we have the opportunity to learn from this now and not down the road. It's not a good time to get a loss, but it's a reasonable time.

That's my role as a senior leader. The young guys look to me in those situations and you don't want to let them down. That's why I want to do the right things and make the right decisions.

I had no idea I had 32. I just went out and played the game. Without Aaron (scoring), it's something different for us and we had to look to go with something else.

If you don't know by now that we're for real, there's something wrong. A lot of people don't realize how good we are. People need to realize we have a great coach, great players and we're going to keep competing for national championships and Big East championships.

Everything felt right. I'm going to walk out of here thinking we should have won this game.

We didn't play Pitt basketball. We tried to come back and we tried to battle and everything. Those guys did a great job of maintaining the lead and getting the win today.

The other teams I played on were more keyed in on defense. The defense was going to bring our offense and that was it. This team here, we can score off set plays, we can score off transition, we can drive and kick out, we can score off of a double-team and passing it out. We have a lot of weapons to play with. We're just using them out there and it's helping us score points.

When you're up by that much you have to understand that you have to keep playing. There was still a lot of time.

I had a better feeling than I ever had coming into any game. I definitely thought we were going to win this game. It's just sad for it to end like this.

It's just going to be another Big East game, tough and competitive. We all have great players and we just want to win and advance to the championship round. It's going to be something to watch.

They honored me on the big screen, so I thought it would be good to come down and get that shot.

You can't sit here and whine about a loss. Those guys played great. They got ready for us. We didn't play our game. We got away from the things that we do great. We came out way too anxious and we just lost.

I can't believe it's my last game. Once they call my name and I walk out with my family members, it's going to be real emotional. I'm not going to cry, but I'm going to be happy to have made it this far.

We have the pin for the bubble. We're not going to let these guys come in here and ruin a Senior Night. You work too hard to lose on Senior Night.

It doesn't matter what seed you are. It's basketball. You have to put the ball in the hole. It's kind of disrespectful for us to be a No. 5 seed. But, at the same time, you have to go out there and play ball.

A lot of guys on this team are from New York. We love to play basketball. There's nothing else we'd rather do but play basketball. So, we're having fun with four games in four days.

We stay together. We enjoy sticking together and playing in crunch time.

Oh, this is basketball, baby. I look at them, I tell them 'This is basketball. This is what you've been doing all of your life. ... This is what you love to do. So go out there, play basketball, play hard and have fun.' These guys work hard, believe in each other and they're great teammates.

The key in the game today was our turnovers. We did everything necessary except for maintaining our composure and taking care of the ball like we have in the past couple games.

When you are up by that much you've got to understand that there is a lot of time left and you don't want to go out there and think the game is over.

It was a tough night for Aaron and me. We were both off. That can't happen, not at this time of year. Your stars have to be stars. Aaron and I are definitely the stars on this team. This can't happen again. We have to step it up. I'm sure we will.

We stay together. We really enjoy crunch time in games.

I remember sitting up there in Kentucky just thinking I was so frustrated and mad that I wanted to help those guys out so bad. But now I get the opportunity.

I've got six games left. It's going to be a lot of fun. I'm trying to make it the most memorable, best last six games played at Pitt.