Kirk Walters Quotes (15 Quotes)

It is great to have Hassan back. He is one of our leaders. He is a vocal guy on the team and he has been here four years. He knows what is going on. He is an essential part of our offense and defense.

Dean Smith and all the great players that he had, there's just so much history and it'll be fun to play there.

I'm not feeling any better (because) we lost two games. I've still got a lot of work to do.

We know we have to win these last three games. It's huge. It's sort of the tradition of Arizona basketball, and we don't want to be the team that let this down and was the team that didn't get the 20 wins and that berth in the NCAA tournament. We definitely want to keep that going.

We're going home to practice and play a lot of home games. We can make a lot of progress between now and the Pac-10 tournament.

He said we were timid. He was probably right.

He's done a lot this year. But now I think he knows when to drive and find an open man or when to take the shot. He's been finding open people. He's not forcing things. He's been letting things come to him.

More time on the court and getting in more of a groove.

That helps from my standpoint because I can be a little more aggressive. If you make a mistake you still play your game.

We've got to keep on winning games right now. We can't drop any of them.

People say the Big Ten's down, but every year, they have great teams. They always do well in the NCAA tournament.

I wasn't really nervous. It's something you practice all the time. You think about the situation as a kid.

There have been some ups and downs, and our chemistry has been really good in some games and for halves of games, and in other halves we didn't look like a team. But in this one we put together two halves of Arizona basketball.

We've been playing like every game we've got to win near the end. We don't want to fall back on something like the RPI. We just want to win out and hopefully that will make the statement that we're ready for the tournament.

Oh, man. That was a great game. We'll see if it's on ESPN Classic soon.