Jonathon Modica Quotes (21 Quotes)

I thought maybe the defender would grab my arm. He didn't. But coach (Stan) Heath didn't say anything. He knows I'm going to take a bad shot every once in awhile.

I want to win the game. I take it upon myself as a senior to make sure that we don't lose close games like we have in the past.

I got hot for a 3 or 4-minute span. My teammates looked for me in transition. I took good shots, except the one off the backboard, the man upstairs put that one in.

We came into a must-win game and I felt like I owed it to my team to step up and have a good performance.

Coming into the game, we felt like we had more athletic ability in the paint. We didn't expect them to be big-time shot-blockers. So our guards penetrated and our big men did some good work inside.

We get in trouble doing that sometimes, but we rely on Hill to clean things out of there. Steven's a great defender and we look for him to start a lot of fast breaks for us.

A lot of times we came down to the end of the shot clock and we thought we had something and they'd throw something up and it went in. I give them credit.

I won't be paying attention. I'll be focusing on the ball trying to win.

I'm not superstitious, so I don't really care. I'd rather go back to the regular uniforms. But it doesn't really matter to me.

We've got to come together and climb out of this hole. There's really no excuse for the way we played. We really need this resume win over Florida. If we come out and play like we've played at home, we are capable of doing that.

Hitting free throws is something we have to do to win games. We were kind of upset because we lost the last couple of games by a close margin. We just tried to make sure that didn't happen again.

I'm excited about Senior Night. I've thought about it ever since I saw my first Senior Night. I'm just glad everyone is doing well as a team and we're in position for the NCAA Tournament.

I don't know if getting down there and trying to rebound and getting under all that contact would be a smart idea right now because of coming down on somebody's foot or landing the wrong way.

We've got to make him put the ball on the floor.

Those games we won were great. But at the same time, they are over. We've got to get ready for Mississippi State. There's no guarantee we're in the tournament. We've got to make a statement. We let them beat us at the beginning of the year and it wasn't very pleasant for us at all.

I feel a lot better than I did over the weekend. I'm still treating it, still icing it down and everything. I feel like by today I should be able to go a hundred percent.

I felt I owed them something. And I took full advantage of the opportunity. They came out with their hands down and I just shot it. My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball and the ball bounced my way and I knocked the shots down.

We always look to get Ronnie the ball. He's the leading scorer in the SEC, so we definitely feel like we should give him the ball in crunch time.

I didn't know they beat Kansas. I didn't even watch the tournament last year until the Final Four. But I've heard of the school. I watched them play on television once. I know they are a good team. I know we are not going to take them lightly just because our name seems to be a little bit bigger. We know they are going to come ready to play just like we are.

This game was similar to the first one, really -- we started out slow but came on in the second half. I just tried to provide some leadership.

It hurt me a lot. Once you lose a lead like we had and you think we had the game, you think what did I do wrong