Leonard Hamilton Quotes (120 Quotes)

We just have to rise to the occasion. This is college basketball as it is in the ACC. We still have two more games left. We still can realize some opportunities. And this team has had a history of bouncing back.

And now at the end of the season it appears that we're stronger than we were because we have been able to develop quality depth. Hopefully, that will make a difference here in the tournament.

To go on the road in the ACC and come away with the victory, you have to have a lot of people play very well. I thought our players played with a tremendous amount of focus and aggressiveness.

He works at his game as much as any player I've ever seen. A guy with that kind of attitude, you know he's going to continue to keep getting better.

We don't get any credit for playing Nebraska. Everybody forgets we played Florida.

Diaz and Hite were too much for us. When the game was on the line, I think they made a few more plays than we did. You have to give Diaz and Hite credit. They were defended about as well as you could defend them.

This would probably put us a year ahead of schedule. I thought we could get to the NCAA by Year 5. But this would be a tremendous step for our program. It gives you the credibility you need to keep your program going forward.

They have such great perimeter shooters that we had to go to switching one through four just to make sure that we were there on the catch, and we had not done a whole lot of that.

Last season's over. I wish we could start practice right now. I'm excited about the future and anxious to get started.

We had a very difficult time there toward the end of the game getting the right stops. I thought we played good enough defense for the most part, but you have to give Duke a lot of credit. When the game's on the line, they made some real tough shots that were very well defended and that's what great players will do.

I thought he gave us tremendous leadership.

There are times when we have played so well against zones you would think that maybe we might need to issue some videos or something.

We are in the NIT, and now we just have to go out and take care of business, and I thought we responded real well.

They did a very good job of executing their offense. When they got shots, they knocked them down. You have to give credit to them for making every open look.

When you give them those extra opportunities and they're having one of those nights, therein lies a butt-kicking.

They get every team's best shot because they're Duke. It's a heavy burden for them to have to be at their best every night.

I know in my 30 years of coaching I have never heard of a player getting injured under any circumstances in a celebration after a game - not at a basketball game. Maybe you guys have, but I haven't.

He has worked very hard in practice. I think he has earned the respect of all his teammates. He has shown that he's more than capable of being a major contributor to our team. I think our players look forward to playing with him.

Obviously he's a load. There's no question about that. He's way beyond his years in maturity. You watch him and you watch his body language and his facial expressions and you can tell the confidence that he plays with. But the thing that amazes me is his team has so much confidence in him.

The future is very bright, but this is very painful.