Josh McRoberts Quotes (12 Quotes)

We got a taste of that type of atmosphere, that type of feeling when we played Texas in Madison Square Garden.

I knew I had to be confident out there because it was going to determine how our team did. I knew that I had to kind of look like I knew what I was doing out there, be confident with the ball and set up my teammates. I was comfortable out there.... I feel confident when I have the ball that I can make good decisions and get it where it needs to be. Growing up, I always worked on it. I always had a ball in my hands in games. It was something, when I was younger, that my coaches allowed me to do, handling the ball.

We knew they were going to make a comeback, I don't even think we let up.

We knew that we didn't play our best game the other night. We knew we had to come back and play stronger tonight.

You have to have a thick skin. Obviously, he wants us to be the best player we can be. ... He's not going to sugarcoat things for you. He's going to tell you the truth. It's not always easy to hear the truth.

I don't even think we had a full double on. But it's like I've been in the right place at the right time some, I guess.

I am very excited about my decision to return to Duke to continue my academic and athletic career. I love the atmosphere at Duke and the support the university receives from the community. There is no place better to play college basketball. I am looking forward to working with the coaching staff to further develop my skills as a player. The relationships that I have in place here played a major role in my decision.

North Carolina really did a great job on J.J., doing more than really anybody else had running two or three guys at him every time he had the ball. We knew teams were going to see that and everybody was going to try to do that, so we concentrated on trying to play off of that better.

Those were big days. We had lost two straight and we're not used to losing, so you could go one way or the other. I don't think this team would ever give up, but I think a lot of teams could say, 'We lost two straight to end the season' and could kind of cave in. But we kind of took it the other way and wanted to improve.

Nothing was falling, and I feel like I let my teammates down. It was a physical game, and they let a lot of things go and Temple did a good job in transition.

I don't know ... it was something natural. It wasn't anything I thought about. But I'm not going to be playing point guard anytime soon.

He carries us, he definitely carried us in the end of the game today. That's one of the great things about having the best college player on your team. You can count on him.