Jim Wooldridge Quotes (29 Quotes)

The offense just dried up on us. Then we couldn't get a stop without fouling them. I thought we could have defended better, but today Texas Tech was too much for us.

His team is more important than what he is as an individual. You just can't buy that kind of attitude.

You've just got to make the play. Whether it's a rebound, a defensive play, a field goal, you've to got make it. There's no magic wand, you've just got to make it.

I have been suffering with this condition for much of the season and it has become more acute over the past 10 days. The doctors have informed me that without immediate attention that this condition will only become more serious and permanent. I hate to step away from the team at such a critical juncture of the season, but I believe that I have to take measures now to correct these health issues.

It's been the most improbable week of my career, in so many ways. (Nebraska) was the low of lows. To win at KU was the opposite end of the spectrum.

We talk about it all the time. He sees the benefits of his leadership. I think he's excited about it.

That was the most embarrassing effort I've ever been associated with as a college basketball player or coach. We had no answer for them in any shape or form.

We have a positive thing going with our basketball team. I think our players feel good about what we're doing. Our coaches feel that way. We've been competitive. We can beat anybody in our league.

We have had a lot of those kinds of games, but I thought we played good basketball. We stayed under control, played good defense and didn't get rattled.

He was number 31. And he was making a lot of shots.

I didn't feel good, but I ended up watching the whole second half. It's almost impossible, because you're pulling so hard for your guys and you want them to do well. Not having a hand in it, it's an impossible situation to stay somewhat calm.

I'm in a lot more pain with where we are as a team than I am with my neck. It doesn't look like a very good team to me right now, but that could change.

I think we made a lot of progress. We have kids with a great deal of life. I wish we could have won the game today. It would have been a good way to move forward.

That is a pretty amazing way to drop that game today. It's just really unfortunate. You've got to make an offensive play you've got to be able to get the ball down court you've got to be able to stop somebody.

They're knuckleballs, but you watch the ball in flight, and you just thought they were going in. I thought it. You probably thought it.

We had our shot and we needed a play or two here or there. I think I have a good basketball team. I wish we could have made a couple more plays ... I think we are really close.

We just need to make one more play. One more shot, one more rebound. We've talked about that through the season. But we've got some competitive guys on this team, and the kids want to do well.

I can't play golf for a while. I'm upset about it. That's the only thing I do besides coaching basketball.

He is playing well. When he came in, he really elevated his game. He saw it as an opportunity to prove he could play.

That's been interesting hasn't it. We've been able to see this is a pretty good team, with a shot at doing some things and playing good basketball. The game Saturday, we didn't play well, and that topic came up.

I hope we can do it consistently. It's our best mode of being successful.

You get into league play, and people make you play in the half court. You have to generate points with five guys in front of you. That's hard to do sometimes.

I am grateful for the opportunity Kansas State gave us to coach and lead this program. We wish we could have accomplished more, but it was a great experience and I appreciate the players, staff, administration and our great fans for all they have done to support us.

We've got to turn it into a positive, but the way we've been going we'd like to be playing. They are all huge ballgames. If you are fortunate to win on the road it's a huge breakthrough for you and puts you a leg up on the competition.

Big, strong, physical - a carbon copy of that we saw tonight. It'll be a very tough game for us.

You have to pay close attention to him because he's the centerpiece of the offense. He can make a play at any time, but they have other weapons that tend to make you shade off of him. They can spread you out.

The offense dried up on us. We didn't make enough plays. I thought we were getting the ball where we wanted to get it, but today, Texas Tech was too much for us.

They're an extraordinary team. They've got a lot of weapons - the outside shooting and the inside play, the rebounding game. They can punish you on the boards. I don't see any weak link in their game right now even though they went to Oklahoma State and ran into a buzz saw.

As we talked yesterday, it's his call. I don't have anything to say about it.