Jerry Wainwright Quotes (31 Quotes)

I don't know what else you can say you need to make them.

He was certainly out of sync. But showed a lot of courage in playing. You could tell he was laboring. We'll just have to see where he is at over the next couple of days.

Shooting percentages can be misleading. Their steals led directly to baskets. I think they've done that all year. They're terrific open-court players.

We've been beaten this year, but I didn't think we lost any of those games, but we lost today. It was important for us to get off to a good start today but we didn't do it.

Sammy played 38 minutes against their best player and never once complained. He did everything we asked to stop a really good scorer. What hurt us were the others who made shots.

The key to the game for us was our ability to pass the basketball. We moved it better than we have in a long time.

You're going to be in front of full arenas from now on. I think you have to make that another whole season.

They're (Wake Forest) going to have a terrific year, and obviously this is a great confidence builder for our program. We were facing four straight road games. Dayton , Wake, we're at Old Dominion Saturday, and we have to go to California next week. We really have played a difficult schedule and been in a lot of close games. We've taken everybody's best shot, sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. Our kids have toughened up and are starting to learn how to play together.

Somebody else stepped up for them and good teams do that. I thought I saw his chest swell a little bit after the first one. He was the difference in the game.

I won't win anywhere close to the number of games coach Ray Meyer won. But I hope that when it's all said and done that people will say that I was a pretty nice guy, the way they'll always be able to say about him.

I think it was a really bad fall and he was walking on it gingerly. I didn't think it was worth risking at all at this point of the season and this point of his career. It was a tough injury. He's been playing really well for us.

We never gave ourselves a chance to win. But I don't think we have despair in our game it's frustration. These losses hurt, but it should be painful.

You have to make shots so close to the rim.

The six offensive rebounds Hill got hurt the most.

I thought the difference was Palacios. I think he's been struggling a bit lately. I know he's been fighting injuries, but he was really effective at the 5-to-8-foot level and made a lot of shots from penetration around the basket.

I thought the difference in tonight's game was Palacios. I think he has been struggling a bit lately. I know he has been fighting injuries. He made a lot of shots in penetration around the basket.

I am happy for their seniors. They were able to get through the grind, and now they have the opportunity to play on.

The only thing I would say is that when you play Wake, you have to pick your poison. We tried to close the perimeter down and left our post on an island. It's no fun being on an island with Eric Williams. He's going to push you into the ocean. He's a terrific player. I told him before the game I was so proud of the way he's developed his body and his stamina.

They're a team of basketball players, not position players. You hope you play great and they don't, because that's one of the few chances you'll have to win.

It's easy to get down on kids like Wesley Green no points, three rebounds, but he's been trying to play with a broken bone in his foot. Every minute he plays helps him grow. And Sammy Mejia was out of sync from missing practice after spraining his ankle last Wednesday against Marquette. He showed a lot of courage.

We had the opportunities to make shots. You get to a point where you have to make them. We got to rebound better. We're not strong enough to rebound consistently when we get spread out like that.

I was told the one was the best win for DePaul in 10 years and the other was the worst loss in DePaul history. It was like the day before I got married and the day after I got married.

The game was dictated at the free-throw line. You can't miss 11 and win at this level.

You can't win in a Big East game when you're 6-for-12. These games are so close, their four extra points made a difference.

The biggest thing, when you play teams like this, you've got to stand in the middle of the ring. You cannot get on your heels. I told them before the game, 'We're going to get knocked down, you've got to get back up.' And I thought the kids did a good job of that.

Both of these teams are trying to be one of the 12 that go to the Big East Tournament. That is a different kind of pressure than most teams in any league in this country face. ... Twelve teams are going. There is nothing easy on our schedule, and you have to win home games.

It's not going to be good when you have games taken away from your progress.

In boxing they stop those fights.

They're a team of basketball players. They're not a team of positions. But they create problems you're not going to see the rest of the year.

I think most of our young players have adapted to the college life. It takes a while to adjust to those things.

Every league game seems like a conference tournament game to me. You're looking at two sets of standings who's winning and who's at the bottom. It's a tough, tough thing on coaches. That's why I rent (a house) and I didn't buy.