Lee Humphrey Quotes (57 Quotes)

I think it may be just coincidence, I don't know. I put up a lot of shots, and I think that I have a good chance to make every one. It just happened that I made the ones (that were huge). I just hope I've got a few of those left.

He's performed well in some big games in his time, too. I don't know if he can take any tips from me. We play two different games.

That one felt really good. I thought I had some good looks and just wasn't knocking them down. I was just happy to be able to get one to fall and to be able to contribute.

I don't know if there is one particular moment that I can pin my finger on. But over the summer when we were playing pick-up, he definitely looked good, and I thought he was going to be very good because he's so talented for his size. He's got great hands. He runs the floor so well, and I think that's probably his biggest asset.

It's always important when you can make shots.

I think Kentucky has played a pretty tough schedule this year. They have a lot of talent on their team. Even though they haven't had a great year, I still think they'll make it to the NCAA tournament and play hard.

As a college basketball player, this is what you want a chance to have an opportunity to do.

I think it definitely couldn't have hurt. Both of these gyms are really similar.

It was probably one of the best games I've played in college.

I don't know about that. I don't know if he can take any tips from me. We play two different sports.

It was very exciting for me to meet Peyton. I don't know how much that translated into the game today, but I was shooting it well.

He was big for us tonight. He's been around for five years he knows how to prepare for games. He knows the right mindset to have, and he stays focused. Tonight he gave us great energy off the bench.

We still we have a chance. It's not totally in our control, but there is still a chance and I think our guys are pretty confident. We've just got to play and take care of our wins and losses and see what happens.

I felt good tonight. My teammates did a good job of moving the ball around. I got some good looks.

It's probably because of my country accent and because I study quite a bit. My head is always in some textbook.

We all lifted before practice, and everybody had a great attitude. On the court, everybody was on edge. Our drills were crisp. There were hardly any errors.

South Carolina really burned us. It was stressed the next day in practice. We wanted to get them running up and down the court and not get into their offense.

Your left hand is still pretty important. Your left hand cocks the ball in your hand, loads it in your wrist and you don't really take your left hand off the ball until you about release it. So you still have to have pretty good range of motion on your left hand.

Our big guys did a great job of kicking back out. I think we did a better job in the second half of using pick-and-rolls and paying attention to what Coach told us.

I think our biggest strength as a team, offensively, is we have a lot of guys who can score. Our team is very unselfish, and we generally have a high number of assists and pass the ball. I think for us to be successful, we need to do that again.

It's not quite as sore as I thought it was going to be after the game, so that's a good thing.

People always question our league because of football.

I did notice the breeze, but I didn't really adjust the shot. I don't think it was strong enough to have an effect. I don't think it was like playing outside in the park on a windy day.

My parents always kind of instilled in me that grades are important. You need to take care of your school work and you need to do that first, and that's kind of what they taught me.

Maybe just an old high school gym where we left the door open.

They'll come over to the hotel, but we don't get a chance to spend a lot of time with them. We don't leave the hotel to see them. They come to see us and we get to bed early.

He's really focused and really intense. He prepares for games really well. He has a tremendous work ethic. He does his homework, so as a player that shows you that you need to work on your game to improve.

Some of our students have said they would be willing to walk to see us play. I believe them because we get such good fan support. I'm looking forward to it because it's always good to play in front of a home crowd.

I don't know (how anyone will). The way they've been playing, they're tough to stop. They play so well together. They understand the game and they know their strengths. They're just tenacious.

If they double down in the low post, that would be very exciting to me. If I have a shot of choice, that's the one I like to take.

We've got some time to rest up. I think we'll be fine.

I think he needs to come out and give me some pointers the way he was shooting it.

That's just Jo. I don't think he's hurt or anything.

We saw the White House from the outside, but to actually be able to go inside and meet the president was pretty neat.

It's pretty interesting listening to him talk about all the places he's from. I mean Joe is about the only guy I've ever known who is from Africa and France and New York City. He's got some roots.

Coach always does a great job of instilling confidence in me.

I've practiced my free throws, but I just don't know what it is. You don't take a whole lot of them at this time of year. There's not much time to practice. I just don't know.

Our big guys are playing great right now. They're doing a really good job of getting post position early and getting good looks. I know Chris and Al and Jo, I guess they're all shooting real high (percentages). Any time our big guys can score like that it helps out the perimeter.

I felt good tonight. My teammates were really moving the ball around and they did a good job of finding me for the open shot.

That's happened to some teams this year, too. Texas was ranked No. 2, and they lost to Tennessee. But we just need to focus on what we need to focus on. We know that every game we play, whoever we play, they have a chance to beat us, especially from this point on in the year.

Peyton Manning was like my childhood hero. To get my picture taken with him, that really surprised me.

It's kind of surprising with where we started out. I don't know if anyone would have guessed at this point in the year that we'd be ranked No. 2 in the country.

We're aware Florida hasn't made it out of the first weekend in a few years, but we're also aware this is a new year. This year is not determined by what happened last year. We've got a different-looking team than we've had in the past. We've got a chance to make a run this year.

I don't feel like we were the bad guys. We knew George Mason was a good team. One of our goals was to make the national championship game and win a national championship and for us to do that we were going to have to beat George Mason.

I felt good the whole night shooting the ball. (Head coach Billy Donovan) always does a great job of telling me of instilling confidence in me, showing that the team has confidence in me as well.

We don't talk a whole lot about going undefeated for the season. We do say that we want to keep that zero in the loss column, the longer, the better.

It's still not 100 percent, but I think I feed off the crowd and the adrenaline.

We definitely remember those two losses. So any time you get a chance to get a win against a team that beat you twice, especially in a championship game, that would be nice.

I think we are a lot better team now than we were at the beginning of the year. I think we still have room to improve, but I think these last six games are going to be big for us. It's going to be interesting to see how we do.

My teammates did a great job of moving the ball around, and I got some good looks off kick-outs from inside and in transition. We wanted to go inside-out.