Joakim Noah Quotes (111 Quotes)

We're not satisfied. If we lose Monday, it will hurt just as much. We have a title to win.

Moss showed today that's he's a guy to be reckoned with. Everybody makes fun of him because of how old he is. ... He really needs to get the props he deserves.

Boss man. He's the leader of this team. I'm just proud to be his teammate.

It's a great feeling right now, everybody is excited. But the journey is still not complete.

I mean, it's understandable that it's the first time he can't go out there. He can't do anything about it. But he's definitely a big influence in my life.

It hurts, man. All losses hurt.

When Corey's energy went up in the second half, it was very obvious. When we don't play with that hunger, we're not the same team.

People wish we could get those last two minutes back. But at the same time, you have to move forward. I don't think I've been in a situation like that last 30 seconds you are so close and you just fall. It's tough, but at the same time in the SEC, you can't fall back on those games.

We don't worry about stuff like that.

We've got a long way to go, baby.

As a basketball player this is your dream -- to play in the national championship game. It's just such a great feeling that it's finally here. There's been so much hard work and so much sacrifice. There's so many moments that I can go back to -- being a little kid, walking to practice. Now I'm finally playing in the game.

It's all about being at the right place at the right time. I mean, I don't even, in my mind it just went by so fast, but it just, next thing I knew, we won, so.

It's been a lot of hard work. The best thing to this point with our team is we never looked ahead and we never looked back either. We've taken every task at hand for what it is and not taken anything for granted.

Right now, it's all about seizing the moment. It's about just playing possession by possession. There's no feeling like this. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We're just soaking it in, enjoying every moment.

All we wanted to do is make it quiet in there. I've been this close to Anthony Roberson at Rupp, and I couldn't hear a word he said.

It hurts when you have so many beautiful girls out there telling you you're ugly.

I can't wait. These are the reasons we come to play basketball for the University of Florida. We want to be in environments like that. You dream your whole life about playing in front of 24,000 people and having 24,000 people hate you.

People didn't expect much out of us that fueled the fire in us.

We were just trying to contain him the best we could, and I think we did a pretty good job even though he got a lot of our front court in foul trouble. He's just a great player, and I'm just happy we got the win.

It's great when you have a lot of praise. But at the same time, you have to stay level-headed, stay humble and be poor, be hungry. Be driven. P-H-D

Thanks to Corey Brewer for saving my butt. I missed the shot and it could've lost the game. A lot of luck comes into making shots like Brewer made, but it went in. Thank you, Corey.

We have a lot to learn from those two losses. We just have to keep playing hard no matter who we play.

Yeah, we've thought about it. We have to talk about it. Right now, let us just enjoy this moment and we'll talk about it at a later time.

He said, 'Good luck in the national championship game . . Wow, that sounds great.

I disagree with coach because history doesn't help you win basketball games. At the end of the day, what does history or tradition do to help you win a basketball game tomorrow.

Survive and advance. That's what it's all about this time of year.

This is the best I've ever felt in my life. You work so hard for these moments, and it's so worth it. You're like on a cloud. Not only does it feel good, it smells good. It tastes good.

I don't know if that's what will be talked about, but that's what should be talked about. I think (Moss) is what this team stands for. Everybody sacrificed to get to this point, and I don't think anybody sacrificed more than Adrian Moss, being a starter as a junior and playing a limited role on the court (as a senior) but still being our leader.

I don't know. Africa is a crazy place, man.

In games like this, it's all about having fun.

It's really exciting getting to play Kentucky on Saturday, and that's always a game that you circle on the calendar. Everybody knows what this rivalry is all about.

Right now they're the enemy. I don't plan on showing them any love before the game.

When you are on the court sometimes, you just have to pay attention to detail. It is harder, but at the same time, you don't want to learn through a loss. You don't want to, but sometimes you do.

At this point, it doesn't matter. If we worried about the things that you guys worry about, worrying about who has the most hype ... You guys are usually wrong when it comes to things like that.

Those things go by so fast, you don't really think about it. It's more instinct, you know I mean, the shot goes up, you are trying to get position and then it comes up short and it's right in my hands and all I have to do is go up. A lot of luck goes into that.

Maybe a goat next time.

If we worried about the things you guys (in the media) worry about, our heads would explode. We just play basketball.

I came out fired up but at the same time they did a really good job of defending me, especially Will Thomas. I mean, what can I say He did a great job on me. I'm just glad the other guys stepped up because there were definitely some points where I stunk it up a little bit.

All it is motivation. When we play with that hunger, we're a completely different team.

It's indescribable. This is the best I've ever felt in my life. You work so hard for these moments and they're so worth it. We worked so hard as a team, and so much sweat and tears and sacrifices to get moments like this. I'm like on a cloud right now.

It feels great to win an SEC championship but at the same time you have to understand that you have to look at the bigger picture.

It's a concern, because we have to go out and do it. We have to stop making mistakes and learn how to close games out.

You guys are usually wrong about things like that. We can't worry about what you guys say. Otherwise our heads would explode.

Well, he doesn't talk to me about how to guard a pick and roll. But he talks to me about things we share. The media, the distractions, girls, pressure. He's my biggest influence and my best friend.

It's a great feeling when you have a lot of doubters and prove them wrong.

Wednesday was the first time all season we had doubt. We doubted ourselves. We need to keep playing and keep improving.

I remember skipping school a few times to go watch the Big East tournament (at Madison Square Garden).

You definitely use what is written as extra motivation. I don't know about us being soft. There is a lot of luck involved (in the tournament).

He's not the SEC player of the year for no reason. We just tried to contain him. He did get our frontcourt in foul trouble, but we did a pretty good job on him.

We're a young team and sometimes you've got to learn through experiences. ... The good news is there's a lot of basketball left. But ... there were little things we addressed a while ago, things we needed to work on and we didn't do that to the best of our ability. Sometimes when you lose you learn the hard way. And we definitely didn't want to do that.