Chris Mooney Quotes (19 Quotes)

You can't just mail it in, because he's going to have a fight with the Republican.

He was excited about it. He really liked the idea of me coaching, I think. I don't know if he thought it would wear off.

Those are the types of things you expect, but sometimes you worry that with change, there might be some resistance. There hasn't been at all.

At times, they would go on scoring runs, which we haven't really had. We hadn't given up a significant scoring run, I think, all season.

I think that the position they are in right now, McAllister is kind of the main guy who can score on his own. If you can concentrate on him or he struggles at all, they have a harder time scoring.

Charlotte's ability to score outside wore on us. They have a variety of guys and each is difficult to guard. Charlotte was more aggressive this game. We had them on their heels the first time.

I think John Chaney will probably have a heart attack when he sees we scored 81 points.

I'm trying to be relatively calm but also trying to coach my team as hard as I can.

After it's sewn up, its safe to vote for the odd candidate in order to make a statement.

The way the district is cut - if Shimkus himself was caught up in some kind of lobbying scandal, maybe that could hurt, but otherwise he's sitting comfortably.

Our goal is not necessarily to confuse people. We just want to play the best way we can to defend each individual opponent. We kept the score down against some very good teams Louisville and Wake Forest. We need to address the problems against La Salle and get better at it.

These days, things are different, and young women and middle-aged women would like to see a woman governor. That's why I say this kind of gives her a bit of an edge in that direction.

Shooting is a pretty essential thing in basketball, and when you make shots, it's so much easier. There's so much less tension and less pressure on you.

We had a very hard time defending La Salle. We emphasize our offense so much, maybe we're not spending enough time on defense. We want to get back to being one of the better defensive teams and shut people down.

He was on the bench at times he usually hasn't been, but it was just one game. Kevin will be out there against Duquesne. We need a little more consistency from him. We've seen so many individual bright spots from him, he's been terrific. He just struggled against La Salle.

We tried to talk about the Owls' zone, but it's hard to replicate it. It's nearly impossible to penetrate that zone. What you do get are open outside shots. You're going to have to make some of them.

That's perfect, I guess. These days in college basketball, it's not nearly as strange. In college basketball, there's so much parity. Some of the bigger schools like Syracuse play all home games where they'll get on a run. Saint Louis will play a demanding schedule where they travel. You'll see more of those ups and downs.

Part of our offense is that there are no set plays to get any certain person open. It's more about the flow, and the better players are going to end up with the most shots. Cage did a really good job on him and made it difficult to score all night.

Clearly I wish we were going out there with three first-team, all-league guards -- but that's not the case. The guard situation is something we can work on. It's not going to be a secret to us, or to anyone who plays us. We just have to make up for it with hopefully good coaching.