Jeff Horner Quotes (29 Quotes)

Getting through screens. If you look at me my freshman and sophomore years, it was tough, but as you get older, it gets easier. You learn ways to get through screens new ways.

It's a tough thing to take . . . especially when you've got two wins you could've, should've had. We just didn't get them, and now we've just got to hope for some luck.

It was about time we started a second half that was good. Coach really emphasized that and we got a big win.

I've always thought kids from Iowa don't get enough respect on the national scene. Everyone sees us as farm boys, but there's more to us than that. We can definitely play some basketball. If you grow up in Iowa, a lot of people think of corn and stuff like that. But a lot of kids think about basketball.

This is it. Hopefully, we can put the icing on the cake.

He knows that he made mistakes and he has to pay for them. I just hope he gets better and gets help.

After dropping a couple of games on the road, we needed one like this. We played good defense. Holding a Big Ten team to 25 percent from the field is pretty unbelievable and we got things going on offense. We needed to come out and play well at home again and we did.

I'm happy and relieved to say that the injury isn't as serious as we might have feared Tuesday night. We're encouraged with the MRI results and looking forward to the rehab process and getting back on the court.

He's a kid who's only been playing the game for three or four years. Fans will have to give him time.

A lot of people don't realize that when it gets taken away from you, you just love it that much more.

Those were some deep threes.

He's very good. He'll beat you off the dribble and shoot the ball. He's a big guard who gets to the rim. He's a good defender and he'll definitely play at the next level.

You can't hold grudges against a team. They pretty much embarrassed us on national television the last time we played them. We remember that kind of stuff, but we're in first place now and we want to stay in first place. We've got to worry more about things like that.

The poise of this team was very good. We could have easily shut it down down four (points), but we didn't. That says a lot about this team.

It sounds like they played with a lot of pride down the stretch. Anything can happen in this league, and that definitely gets our attention.

It's going to be a dogfight. We remember that they beat us on our home court last year (65-63). This is the only time we get to play them.

It felt like everything was in balance.

This team will be remembered forever. No one has done this before, and we did it. The stuff that happened the past couple years just makes it that much greater.

A lot of them had already heard by the time they got to school.

We weren't worn down. We just didn't make plays.

We want to show people we're the best team in the conference. We want to win the Big Ten Tournament and show that maybe we did deserve a little bit of the Big Ten title.

It just seemed like we weren't ready to play today. We've got to compete for a Big Ten title. I don't think some guys on this team realize they may never get a chance to ever do this again.

I think some of those goals are impossible to get. It's kind of a weird system, but most of the time when we have more blacks than reds, we're in the win column.

I think this shows how we've been able to fight through adversity. The way this team has persevered has been something else.

Grier didn't make it easy on us, but I didn't expect him to. He's a senior and they have a veteran team like we do. This meant a lot to them, too.

I still say a lot of people don't think that kids in Iowa can play basketball. People just think that we're farm boys and we like corn. It's kind of funny, but that's just the way it goes.

Just growing up, you wonder why you work so hard and put all the time in. Now I know, with the feeling we have right now.

Both teams played defensive games, ... and when you play a defensive game it's not going to be the prettiest thing out there.

We just didn't make plays. I don't feel wore down. I'm just mad right now.