Dee Brown Quotes (66 Quotes)

The white people were as thick and numerous and aimless as grasshoppers, moving always in a hurry but never seeming to get to whatever place it was they were going to.

To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself.

I'm not disappointed. Cincinnati and Hofstra should be disappointed. They didn't make the tournament. We have a chance to do something special.

I'm just looking at Indiana on Sunday. You just have to worry about yourself. You have to win and see what happens.

Last year I said they were gonna make the Final Four. This year I know they're gonna make the Elite Eight, just because of the style that they play.

They have a lot of motivation. People say they shouldn't have got in.

Just look at teams like Hofstra and Michigan that didn't get in (the NCAA Tournament). We have to be happy. The Committee has a tough job.

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself.

Guys are a little confused, and coach is yelling all the time. It's going to be a grind. The Big Ten is a grind-out conference.

I didn't even know that was the score. We don't even look at the score. You have to worry about every possession, trying to stop people.

When me and James Augustine were sophomores, we had to win out. It's not a big deal. You just have to go on the road mentally ready to play. It's possible. We just have to work hard and believe we can do it.

The numbers are just great. We give the kids another option, and I know the success that we have already had has helped with bringing more in.

I hang with E. B. (Halsey), Mel (Melvin Bryant) and J. D. (Jason Davis). I beat them in video games, and they beat me in video games. Those are my guys. They know I played football and that I have a special love for football. Illinois is a football school as well as a basketball school, so I have to show them respect.

I don't think they are an easy team at all. They are a good team, well-coached, a disciplined ball club.

They came out and did a good job. Teams come out and give us their best shot. They play hard against us.

Teams play better without their best player because others have the opportunity to step up and make big plays. They came out trash-talking and playing with confidence.

It's a wonderful thing. He rebounds, he runs the floor, he's a terrific guy. He's a first-round pick if he continues to get that killer mentality and feels like every rebound is his. This is a great accomplishment for him. But I know he's not going to get complacent. He's going to continue to get better.

They're a disciplined club and they're not afraid to play. We have to limit easy buckets and play good, constructive defense.

I believe that each human being has within himself or herself at least one poem or short story, or perhaps even a full length book.

People are saying they shouldn't even be in (the tournament). They have a lot of motivation to prove they deserve to be in.

We've got stars, you just don't know them yet. It takes a little time. Last year wasn't a grind, but you probably thought we played well when we beat someone by 20. Maybe we should have won by 40.

I won't say this feels like a loss. But we could have put them away, and we didn't. We have to come out there and finish it out to be a great team.

That's one emphasis now - energy, enthusiasm and having fun playing basketball. We have to bring the fun back. . . . We have to continue to play with energy and enthusiasm and we'll be fine.

Every game's a must-win game. It's going to be a good game. Two successful programs. Two great coaches. It's going to be fun.

That game two years ago, when we won 51-49 there Yeah, I remember that. It's a tough place to play. But you have to steal a couple on the road (to win the Big Ten). It's going to be a grueling game. But you can't knock 'em off your schedule. You have to show up and play.

I didn't make shots. I was thinking too much. I'm going to continue to fire and do my job as far as being a point guard. We came out with a win so I'm happy.

That's the thing about James we need him to rebound the basketball, and he had nine. We need him to come out there and show senior leadership and he did. He's big for us. We need him on the court. We talked about it before the game. We need him in the game. When he got back in, he made his presence known.

You mean so much to me. When someone wears my number, I think it represents our whole team. My teammates make me better. My coaches make me better.

We didn't relax. It's a road game. If they didn't come back, they're not protecting their home court.

Right when it left my hand I thought it was good, then I saw it was long. I usually make them. It just didn't go in for me.

He's got a terrific game. I can't wait to get out on the floor and play against him.

It's a career now. It's a business.

No reaction. It's basketball. That's what happens. They (the selection committee) have a hard job.

There is just nobody talking about it, no buzz at all. The play on the court is better now than it ever has been. It's a pretty good product, but it's like nobody seems to care.

I said last year they were going to make the Final Four. This year, I know they're going to make it to the Elite Eight just by the way they play, the style of play they play. They're still a tough team. Hopefully, we'll see them again in the Big Ten tourney, but they're a good team.

I'm honored that people thought so highly of me. I guess it didn't end the way I liked. It definitely started the way I wanted.

That's cool, you should protect your house. It just feels good to get a road win.

My freshman year we win the thing and get a four seed. So it didn't matter then. It matters now, I guess.

I have fun all the time, ... You should hang with me. I feel like you only live once. Time flies, I'm 21 years old and just a while ago I was 17. I have to live my life every day. You never know what's promised for tomorrow.

The girls have been working very hard. They all have ran for the past four years and will be tremendous assets for our program.

I want to thank my mom for putting me in a basketball environment and coach (Bruce) Weber for putting the ball in my hands when he got to Illinois.

You can't depend on the crowd. You have to go out and play. Coach told us they would make everyone leave, and we knew once it started it was going to pack up.

People raise their game at home. They're protecting their house. They just play well.

The Year of the Century 1876 was fun to research, and I did a great deal of traveling. I wanted to cover every event of any importance in that year. So I had to immerse myself in microfilm of a dozen newspapers in different cities, and half-blinded myself looking at it, hour after hour.

I'm going to miss putting on that Illinois jersey.

I think that's what we've been emphasizing. Energy. Enthusiasm. Just have fun. You've got to have fun playing basketball. We've got to bring the fun back.

I expected us to go to California. You have to expect the worst.

I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one.

It's so tough to beat them here. For us to come up here and win two years in a row is an unbelievable accomplishment.

This was the Moon of Falling Leaves, and across the West on almost every Indian reservation, the Ghost Dance was spreading like a prairie fire under a high wind, ... Agitated Indian Bureau inspectors and Army officers from Dakota to Arizona, from Indian Territory to Nevada, were trying to fathom the meaning of it.... Official word was stop the Ghost Dancing. It was so prevalent on the Sioux reservations that almost all other activities came to a halt.... At Pine Ridge the frightened agent telegraphed Washington 'Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy.... We need protection and we need it now.'