Jim Christian Quotes (35 Quotes)


    Boy, every time you think it's going to be tough for him to come back (from injury), he does.

    On Thursday, all eight teams that walk through the door know they have a great chance to win it. That's why it's always tough.

    I can give arguments for both players. Without question, we wouldn't be where we are without either one of them, for different reasons.

    You have to walk out there and realize you're a championship team, too. You played good basketball to get to this point, regardless of who it was against. That's what we tell our kids. We can play with anybody, but we have to stay focused.

    He didn't play like a freshman today. He took care of the basketball. I thought that was a big play for us.


    This is probably one of the better defensive games we've played all year.

    He's so enthusiastic to play this game after all the things he's been through. He nearly went two years without playing basketball. He's not the same player that he once was, but now, he does it on guts and determination. I'm so proud of him.

    We get in there, get a sandwich, watch a movie. Those guys talk and laugh in the back. What I like is that it gives us a lot of time to spend with the guys. It's a different setting, and we're talking and joking around with them. They just enjoy it.

    They play the same style, but their size is so impressive. They are one of the best interior passing teams I've seen in a long time in college basketball. This team might be better than in 2002.

    We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.

    I was very proud of our kids. They had an opportunity at the end of the game, and they took advantage of it.

    That was the whole game plan to play for the four seniors who mean so much to this team. (Smith) really did that.

    We were able to keep to the same routine. We got a sandwich, popped in a movie, the kids talk and laugh at the back of the bus. That's where a lot of the memories happen. If you talk to the guys who played here, they say some of their best memories are of the bus rides.

    You have to go through channels and get permission from my athletic director Laing Kennedy before you can talk to me. Duquesne has not talked to my athletic director. Until that time, it's not serious.

    This was a group of guys with unbelievable determination to win this game. Toledo played their hearts out, but these guys would not be denied.

    Some of my friends said I was taking the Kent job at the worst possible time. They said all I could do was go down.

    At one point we were 6-5 and juggling our lineup to find the right combinations. Then it came together. They started to understand what we were trying to do.

    This means a lot for our administration to do this.

    Nobody thought we were coming back. I'm sure nobody in the arena (did). I could hear people screaming and complaining, but you know what, these kids don't think they're going to lose.

    I thought we played pretty hard tonight, which is all I'm concerned about. They're a tough team to guard, and whether we play here or in Alaska, I just want to make sure our team plays hard.

    The counterfeiting of drugs is a great way to make a lot of money. With illicit drugs, you could get killed or sentenced to jail for the rest of your life. With counterfeit medicines, there's little chance of getting killed, and if you get caught, the sentence will be light since the issue just hasn't been taken that seriously in many countries.

    Confidence, I think, is something that spreads throughout the team. When they see one guy playing with confidence, it kinda filters to the next guy, and so on.

    We had an unbelievable run in 2002, and that team will always be special in Kent State history. But this team will be in the very next paragraph.

    Winning 20 games this season is a huge accomplishment. When you look at the list of teams to have done it, we're proud, but we didn't play this year to win 20 games. We're playing to do bigger and better things.

    I look forward to continuing my coaching career at Kent State. My goal, as it has been since the day I arrived at Kent State, is to continue the tradition our program has developed. We will strive to maintain the high level of excellence Kent State basketball has achieved in recent years.

    We knew, with this being senior night, that he was going to come out and play. You cannot let an offensive player get in a rhythm and we let him make a couple of jumpers early.

    Isn't it every director's dream to gene-splice to get the ideal person for every role We had the same problem with the female lead one actress with the perfect look, one with the voice. I thought, what has Hollywood done in this situation

    Another guy who at one time was starting, was taken out of the lineup, never got down, kept working (and) worked his way back in. You can make that case for about six or seven of them.

    It's great to have that kind of tradition. That's unbelievable. In a lot of places, after four years, guys are gone and never come back, but not here. That's what makes this program special.

    You're always looking to see who has interest in you. I would never say I'm not interested. I'm always willing to talk. You owe it to yourself to explore all your options.

    We worked for several years trying to get it produced back East, but he also had a lot of other projects that kept him busy. He kept the option for years, but the show never quite materialized. I didn't lose any sleep over it.

    In true leadership fashion he kept settling our team down. He's a great player. He doesn't have to just score. He's got to just control our team. He did that.

    The seniors are the reason we play. It's our program, but it's their team. These guys have overcome so much. At one time or another, each one of them hasn't started. But they all handled it. They have stuck through it.

    In the first half, we had the best help on defense we've had in a number of games.

    I wear pretty much the same clothes everyday. Just like those guys, I do the exact same thing every game day.


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