Cedric Bozeman Quotes (27 Quotes)

I hope he's doing OK. I'm sorry we couldn't come back with a victory. But I think he's still proud of us.

People haven't been picking us all season. We weren't even picked in our own Pacific 10 conference.

He has a lot of confidence, and we have confidence in him. He's our quarterback. We're going to ride him till the wheels fall off.

People just don't know how skilled Luc is. People don't appreciate how athletic he is. I knew it even before practice began, when he was playing in the summertime in the Men's Gym. The sky is the limit for him.

Ryan is a special guy. All he cares about is the team. He's done everything the coaches have asked. There were times when he was hitting the bumps in the road, but he never gave in.

We played ourselves into a 2 seed by playing hard at the right time. We really enter with a lot of momentum. Hopefully, we can keep it up.

In my five years here I've never seen anything like it. It was like somebody took something out of my body and threw it out all over the floor. A win like that builds a lot of confidence in a team. It prepares us for even harder times down the road.

We're a team-oriented organization. That's what we're here to do.

Basically, it's substance over style. All we care about it is the 'W.' We pride ourselves on defense. If defense is going to win games, that's what we're going to do.

It was great. It was a morale booster for us.

I never thought about transferring. I knew the chance was there for us to get better.

Coach (Howland) talked about fighting through adversity. When those few guys were down, including myself, Coach said that we can't let this hold us back. And I think Coach has built a mentality of toughness. Several guys stepped up. I think it made us better as a team, and now it's paying off.

There were probably times when it seemed like I wasn't playing tough. But everything happens for a reason.

There were several times when I thought we were about to make a run. But every time we did, they had answers.

It's a start. We'll see how it goes. Only time will tell (how many minutes I actually play).

We watch a lot of film. I don't even know how much, but it's a lot. You go to bed dreaming about film.

It shows when we put our mind to it and play focused basketball, we can be a tough team to beat.

With Luc, you get consistency. That's the key word for Luc, consistency. We know what we're going to get from him every night. He's only a freshman, so the sky is the limit.

Maybe at the professional level, it's the salary thing or money or whatever. They make more than the coaches, so maybe they feel they're higher than the coach. But right now, I've been taught to respect my coach and do whatever he tells me.

As of right now, with this on the line, this game, this magnitude, this was the best I've seen him play.

We're capable of scoring. People get so caught up into the ugliness of the games because other teams are not scoring.

We can't hang our heads after everything we went through to get here. We came within one win of a national championship. I plan to take some time and reflect on all this. It's a special time in my life I'll never forget.

It's going to be a total team effort. Mainly, we just need to have a lot of ball pressure and maintain that. Also, we have got to limit them to one shot each time down the floor. We can't let them get hot.

There's no time to be tired now. This is it. You lose, you go home and we don't want to go home.

We couldn't stop them. We couldn't keep the ball in front of us the whole game. They drove on us all night and got easy baskets.

He's a very skilled basketball player, very talented. He's definitely going to make some money someday. Credit to him, credit to their team.

I felt the rust yesterday, but physically I'm OK. I'll get better as I work my way back into it. I'm all about sacrificing for the team, just doing whatever it takes to help us get better.