Ivory Latta Quotes (27 Quotes)

She came out firing. I was a little surprised, but I was happy at the same time -- just give her the ball. She did a great job. Hopefully she can carry it on -- I know she'll carry it on for the rest of the tournament.

I tried to get over the pain and help my team win. I feel like I let my teammates down.

They were definitely in my top five. In high school, that's all you heard. But I just made the decision to go to Carolina.

I don't think we had trouble. There was a lot of calls we didn't get down the stretch.

We just have to go out there and play Carolina basketball. We also have to rebound and play great defense. I think our defense is capable of stopping anything that they want to do.

The loss hurts. The loss is worse than the knee -- I'll get my knee fixed. I feel like I let my teammates down tonight.

The loss hurts. I can get my knee fixed.

I felt like I needed to go ahead and take over, do what I could to help my team. I saw some open holes and took what they gave me.

I think it's great for the game, to be honest. We like to go out there and fight hard and dive for balls and hustle and play with a lot of intensity. Without emotion in the game, I think that it would be pretty much boring.

Coach always tells us to get them off balance. See your driving hole, and if they come, dish it off to your teammate.

Coach told me to back it out and nobody came out to play defense on me. I thought they'd come out to play me, but they didn't so I took the shot. It was a dagger and I hit it.

We know what they're going to come out and try to do. I don't think we have to concern ourselves with anything they do. We have to go out and play Carolina basketball.

Bell rung. Head tapped. Arms stiff.

There's a lot of expectations for us. We're just taking one game at a time, and everything will fall into place.

I was very confident she could hit the shot. I think more people are going to start honoring her jump shot, and that's when she will show the ability to drive past them. She's pretty deadly.

I don't care who I'm guarding. We just need to go out there and play basketball.

I kind of knew what she was going to do -- she was going to turn, so I tried to step off and beat her to the spot. That's what happened. I just took it all the way down the court.

I give the credit to my teammates. They were finding me and I was just knocking down shots.

I think it's great for the game, to be honest. Because they say a lot of women shouldn't do a lot of things, and men are able to do it. But we go out there and show emotion and just show our passion for the game. ... Without emotion in the game, it would

North Carolina has come up in the last couple years. We're the No. 1 ranked team in the nation.

We're the No. 1 team in the nation, and tonight we showed it.

The coaches just told me to keep pushing the ball. I just tried to attack when I saw the frustration on their faces.

I felt pretty good today. I was a little warm. Although it was a little cold out there, I was a little warm.

When I went down I was in a lot of pain and I'm still in a lot of pain right now. But I tried not to let it affect me and I think that I let my teammates down.

She's a great point guard. I know she's going to do a lot of penetrating today and finding her teammates, and she does a great job of that. ... I'm going to try and keep her in front of me at all times. She is the main thing on that team -- anybody can see it.

That's just part of the game. I just kept my head up and tried to other things to help my teammates out.

Off the court, we're cool. We're still cool on the court, but it's all about competing.