John Brady Quotes (172 Quotes)

It's mainly down on the storm, as it tails off toward Florida it's much less of a factor for the oil industry.

I'm just so proud of the way he's handled starting early, not starting, starting when Tyrus was hurt and then back to coming off the bench without saying a word.

In a longer-term horizon it seems clear that OPEC is trying to set a floor for the market again.

We throw the ball inside every time down the court, and we shoot six foul shots. That's pretty good guarding to me.

I thought we had Steele defended OK until the last seven or eight minutes.

We didn't think he was playing as well as he was capable. He did get in some early foul trouble, but I don't think he was as mentally sharp as we needed him to be.

Northeast didn't make it easy for us. We struggled in the first half, started to put together some solid play in the third quarter then opened it up in the fourth.

Our focus wasn't there. It was kind of a workmanlike win. It was a win, but I've never seen us miss that many easy buckets. It was a win.

Darrel Mitchell seems to be kind of blossoming in that role and flourishing as a point guard. His assist-to-turnover ratio is quite good (4.6 assists to 2.9 turnovers a game). He defends well. He's really scoring the ball well for us. He's probably the key to our team. He's extremely consistent at what he does.

Their two guards could start for anybody in our league. We're going to have to do a very good job of making our team concerned with where they are, what set they're in, who is setting the screen and what we're going to do to disrupt them, because the other three players really rely on those two guards playing well.

The market is really starting to get unhinged. The majority can be attributed to the storm, and some geopolitical concerns as well.

We've agreed to the game, and we've sent the contract. We look forward to continuing our series.

They stayed with the double team. A lot of guys hedge him high and then run back. They stayed with it and made him give the ball up.

I told them after the game that we were a Top 25 team and people just don't know it yet. And I really believed that because of the way we were playing with the youth that we had.

(Ole Miss) just did everything that was necessary, but our team made plays down the stretch. When we lost the lead, I thought several players stepped up and did things well.

He's a long athletic young man who is a pleasure to coach. And he's energized our team throughout the season with plays like that throughout the course of a game. We're fortunate to have a player like that on our team.

I order various types of breakfast and lunches. I do not just come in and order hamburgers all the time. I order the specials, pancakes, bacon and eggs.

Well, not really. That wasn't the master plan. We were scrambling. We wanted to trap twice and then foul whoever had the ball. And honestly I thought we fouled a little early (with 24.4 seconds to go), but it worked out. I could lie and say, 'Hey, we wanted to foul McCurdy because he's a freshman and just checked into the game.' But it was one of those things that worked out. And then I thought we were going to miss the rebound. It fell on the floor there a little while.

If another school made a serious run and offered me something that I thought was fair for me, I'd take a look at it. But what I'm not going to do is manufacture something to make somebody listen to me. I will never play one school against another.

It may be a case of which team can do what they do for the longest period of time.

Florida will have a few more weapons to score the ball than we do. Florida can shoot the ball a little bit better. They can spread them out a little more.

The big X factor is the weather. I would expect to see a slightly lower day if it continues to be pressured by the gas market.

Demand is outstripping supply and this is the bullet point of the problem. The U.S. refinery snags are adding fuel to the flames. Certainly, in the long term, prices will head higher.

It feels like we're marking time until the New Year, when it will be interesting to see what capital inflows we get from commodity indexes.

When you're not making field goals, one positive thing you can do at the offensive end is get to the free-throw line and make free throws.

Tyrus Thomas really makes a difference around the goal. Every time he gets close to somebody, they think he's going to be there to block the shot it seems. So, Tyrus helps us around the goal.

That's something for the first time they mentioned today. It's the mindset they have right now. It would mean a lot to our players.

I didn't really make a comment or think the game was over until the nine-second mark. That's when I realized we were going to win the game.

There have been a lot of similarities with our progression. We upset a No. 1 as they did 20 years ago.

The care and concern that these guys have for one another because of how long they have known each other and each other's families and their backgrounds, I think all of that makes a difference.

Everybody kept acting like we were just going to pick up right where we left off. Well, it's harder than people think to make it work that way.

Let's be honest, what are we Twelve and five We've played 17 games. I think we ought to reserve those kind of judgments and statements to much later down the road.

They have their own way of communicating, their own language that I'm not privy to and their own way of doing things.

The biggest challenge right now is just to calm our team down. They know one more win, you're in the Final Four. I think our team is responding well to that.

I think there are a lot of wannabes...but I don't think there's another Lee Atwater, ... but no one can play blues guitar with B.B. King that I know of and also run a presidential campaign...

I have watched him work every day on his game in some shape or form, ... He doesn't just do it two or three days a week, and his ultimate goal isn't to help us win a bunch of games here at LSU. It's to play at the next level. All those things combined are going to make him a great player.

We scored nine points and had 10 turnovers in the first half against a zone When I tell the team to be patient I don't mean make 40 passes, just four. Every time we worked the ball around, we got it inside.

People are cautious because two big things are laid on this week OPEC and IAEA meetings.

Seeing despair and heartbreak, it'll bring you to your knees,

I've said all along that if our perimeter holds up, we're a pretty good team. So far our perimeter hasn't shot the ball as well as maybe we would have liked, but I think we've made some timely shots in critical moments of games that have helped our team.

Glen told me a couple of times that he's excited to play tomorrow. I want to control that feeling a little bit and don't let it get too out of hand where he's too excited to play. Certainly, I think our team will be ready to play.

We had planned to red-shirt Magnum. But when Tyrus got hurt (late in the season) we needed him. He is right now where Tyrus was at this time last season.

Billy (Donovan) was committed today to stay with Darrel. That's good coaching.

We played hard all night. I thought we did some very good things on the fly against a talented team tonight. I am happy with the overall effort that we gave.

I don't think there is a player that has been more consistent and has also been asked to play the point guard position, which he has never played. That is significant.

They're a guard-oriented, perimeter-oriented team. Any time you have good guard play in college basketball, you have a chance to win some games. That's our major concern right now.

I don't care if he was 0-for-10.

Darrel Mitchell is without question the most valuable player in the SEC in my opinion. He is the most consistent player. Other guys may have had better games, but he has good game and after good game and has not had an off night yet.

There are times during a game when we have five freshmen on the floor. I don't know if there's a younger basketball team in the country at this level.

He made two of his three (3-pointers) in the last eight minutes of the game. He made them in a timely way. Sometimes it's not how well you shoot, sometimes it's when you make them.