Kristy Curry Quotes (90 Quotes)

She continued this last month of the season to be an impact player for us. We asked her to make herself more available, don't disappear.

I thought our depth eventually wore on them.

We just want to represent Purdue and just represent our fans and ourselves. That's the bottom line, just continue to just drive every day and take it one game at a time.

I think it shows great character and definitely a lot of toughness mentally. They obviously have great kids, great people.

I don't think that we meant to foul. Obviously, it was a poor decision. We're not blaming Cherelle obviously, she is very torn up right now.

Make sure you give them one look at the basket and you really have to rebound. We're not going to win a jumping contest.

We just wanted to make sure that we tried to we limit her touches. We shaded her in our zone. We wanted to change our defenses up and I think that was more disrupting.

Yeah, I think we were able to cut it to five and have a chance. You've just got to make plays down the stretch and we weren't able to do that.

It's going to take 40 minutes of the best basketball we can give. Do we have that in us Without a shadow of a doubt. We've worked all year to get an opportunity like this.

(The Badgers) have been so close so much of the season. They've had so much adversity, so many injuries, you knew sooner or later, they probably were going to catch up to somebody and they were able to catch up to Minnesota.

Let's not make a mess of this. It started with our seniors today, for whatever reason. They didn't handle the situation. We will be better from today, I promise you that. The film clips are already being clipped.

The communication between them is often silent just a movement or an expression. They really feed off each other and know each other like the back of their hand. It's been fun to watch two kids that are so different really become close as teammates.

When we have that kind of balance, we're pretty good. I think we have to have four show up and we had six tonight.

Our trainers are telling us it could be two weeks, it could be four weeks, it could be six weeks. We are going to wait until she is pain-free.

You just have to constantly remind them of their goals. A lot of the reason why we were on the bubble last year is because Illinois came in here and beat us on our home floor. If that won't motivate them, I don't know what will.

As we were resting them, we were explaining that was why. We hope it pays off to our advantage tomorrow night. I guess we'll see.

It's not about who we're playing, it's about who we need to be this time of the year. You don't look past anyone.

We need our fans in the stands at Mackey on Tuesday. I am asking fans to make it a priority to get to Mackey to see our team play for the last time this season at home, but, with their help, not the last time in the tournament.

I think anybody who has ever questioned our killer instinct, finally I think we're understanding what's that about.

We've got a lot more to lose than they (Michigan) have to gain. We're fighting for a Big Ten title. We don't want them to take that away from us.

We're going to try to make sure we play our tempo.

Fans in Mackey Arena this year will be treated to some unbelievable basketball, ... We plan on putting our best foot forward night-in and night-out. We want and expect to win, and we know we'll have to be at the top of our game each time we take the court.

For whatever reason, we weren't very good today. Obviously, I'm very upset.

It's that time of year where you got to do all the little things. I think our team really feeds from that.

We took care of the basketball and made more free throws (12) than they attempted (11). Those two really helped.

They were panicked a little bit. (As a coach), you just stay calm, poised, teach and have some confidence.

We cut it to five and then to three and I thought we had a chance. But you've got to make plays down the stretch and we were unable to do that.

I thought (Traore) and Katie weren't playing as hard and as aggressive on both ends of the floor as they needed to be. They kind of said, 'Yes, ma'am,' and got after it.

I talked to her on the phone (Saturday) and she had a little giggle in her voice and I knew she'd be OK.

The only way we have a chance to win is taking care of the basketball and getting good looks at the basket.

It's a chance to win a championship this week and that's a great opportunity. There's a lot of folks that would love that opportunity.

It's an awesome feat for them to make both games. The folks should understand how fortunate we are to have them as future Boilermakers.

You can't let others have big nights. You have to bring a lot of double teams (to stop Davenport) and you have to understand tendencies and live with percentages. It has to be a great team effort defensively.

Our guards did a wonderful job defensively. We knew if we could hold them under the averages we would be in good shape and that is what we did.

It's one and done at this time of year, so you take them any way you can get them.

I'll say something in practice or something will happen, and she'll just smile at us and shake her head. She's just very respectful, very laid back, very thankful, very unassuming, very selfless and just very thankful for the opportunity.

I think our kids understand who Southwest Missouri is and what they're all about.

I could go on and on about all the little things that people did that made a difference. (Jodi) was a huge reason why we were having so much success (earlier in the season) and when we lost her, people underestimated her importance. I hope we can keep her.

The team that is most consistent will win this league this year.

I don't give out very many A pluses. She responded as a senior. I thought (it was) her energy, her demeanor, her poise and her body language all the things this team needs, she gave us.

We're just excited to be in, definitely with the fourth seed, which we figured we might be. We have so much respect for Missouri State. We have a lot of respect for their program and we're excited for the opportunity, as I'm sure they are.

We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most.

If we have that kind of balance, we'll be pretty good. We've got to have four show up and we got six tonight. ... It's nice when you can have that kind of balance and selflessness.

Without any question, I think they had a point to prove tonight and certainly made a statement. In the previous two games, we just didn't play well and I really respect the way they came out today. I think they had something to say and they said it.

We felt like down the stretch, we needed more balance. We can't be perimeter oriented and we can't be post oriented.

The shots that she's taken were all good shots and that's the difference. She has done a great job lately of being able to control the tempo more and making better decisions in our half-court offense.

I think the two best teams in the Big Ten are going to go at it tomorrow night.

I think we lost sight here. The committee has done a great job in my mind. . . . Quit criticizing and complaining because there's a good time going on here.

We have to give (Missouri State) a lot of credit, but once we got going, I think that we were fine.

We're at our best when we have great balance.