Marcus Williams Quotes (112 Quotes)

I'm glad coach has a lot of confidence in me. When he brought me to the program, he sat me down and said he expected a lot of things out of me as far as making an impact early, so definitely, that was one of my biggest reasons for choosing Arizona.

Our team will accept any challenge, and if we get caught in a close game we just make plays at the end.

No one has been able to stop him. We obviously didn't want to give up 30 points to him. It's everyone's job to get in there to do what we need to to stop him. He has phenomenal talent.

It saddens me to be honest with you. He's a great player. He's a big asset to our team, so it's obviously a big loss for us.

We bounced back and came together at the right time. At tournament time, we played our best basketball.

I had a feeling it was going in because he had been hitting everything all night. I was like, 'another overtime.' At least we had another chance to win.

He came back to the hotel angry. I just told him everyone has their game. Your game wasn't Friday. Just come back strong on Sunday.

His 17 points and six rebounds are tough to make up for. He brings a lot of intensity each game.

I don't know why he doesn't do that all the time. He's probably one of the best ball-handlers on the team. He makes good decisions. He can create his own shot. When he does things like that, he helps me catch my breath. He kind of gave me a rest while I was on the court.

They started doubling Hilton and Josh and tried to crowd the middle and make us beat them on jump shots.

It's a big deal, especially with us being from the West Coast. They get a lot of love in the ACC and all that stuff. It's a big statement game for us.

In this kind of game, Jeff always comes through. He's a man-child out there. He was clearing the glass, moving his way through the paint, getting buckets. That's normal. That's what I see all of the time.

There was no doubt in my mind the whole game I thought we were going to win. Once again, after that shot, we were in a similar situation. This is a team I thought would get to the national championship.

People may look at us as an underdog because we are not doing as well, but we have a chance to restart.

Playing with Craig makes it a lot easier for me. And I think what's a lot easier for me is a lot easier for our team. When I'm coming off a lot of off-the-ball picks, it's more of a 4-on-3 game than it is 5-on-5, starting at the top and trying to set up the offense. When I'm coming off screens, I think I can make my teammates better because their man is going to have to step up and guard me. I think I can drop it off. If not, I think I can make plays alone.

He just really taught us to play together. At the beginning, when we were losing a lot, we just weren't playing together. And now we're just playing together, playing good defense, and kicking people's butt -- and that's what we came to do.

We played in the Big East. (The crowd) wasn't a factor.

We cannot give up a 10-point lead, but we got the win, and that's what's important.

I think because we smacked them twice ... maybe. Maybe we thought they'd be dead against us, but they won that close game Wednesday over Cincinnati. I don't know. But I don't think Denham should be putting this on him. Everybody made mistakes tonight.

It was a real juggle back and forth. At a certain point, I didn't feel like (staying) was best for me. Growing up, since you're six years old, this is your dream and it's hard to say no.

I think I kind of realized in the second half that it was easier to penetrate, because they were overplaying so much. I think I just realized it too late. In the first half, I was just trying to get us in our offense.

Being able to get people the ball, from 94 feet, 50 feet, 10 feet, I think that helps. It's hard to get certain players the ball in certain situations. I think that's an unsung talent. Hopefully I can be successful on the next level with it.

When you prepare hard, luck comes to you.

We are almost where we need to be. It was last year at this time (the UA) started stepping on people's throats. That's what we have to do next.

I can't wait to start playing. They welcomed me back with open arms. They embraced me and made me feel like it was last year again. They made me feel like I was part of the team.

We just sat here and thought. Basically a mental thing where we knew we didn't do the job and we didn't do our job defensively or offensively so we just kind of had a moment of silence.

The big thing was he hit a lot of easy shots. The game was a lot easier for him. We want to make that happen.

Coach said this is probably the toughest part of our schedule by far. We have to make sure we focus.

I want to crowd him. Not really let him catch the ball and ... play smart because obviously he'll take advantage if you're out of position a little bit. You have to force him to be athletic and make him drive by you and make athletic shots in the lane against our tall guys in the middle.

We're ready to play. It's the time of year where you have to put everything behind you. The regular season is over. We got the championship, but that's all said and done.

It's a game we need to win. We're not focusing on winning the Big East, the Big East standings, the NCAA standings, whatever. They beat us the first time, so we have to get this win.

I knew they were trying to find Roy. I've seen him make big shots earlier in the year. I kind of glanced to see where he was and just made a break over there.

I know they're going to give us a game. Seems like everyone is having their best game against us. Being No.1, we're a target.

I really don't know too much about them. I'm just taking it one game at a time, whether we're playing Louisville or the Lakers.

It's not going to be easy. It's going to be a big gut-check for us. But we've got some momentum going in and we've got some confidence. I think we'll be fine.

The freshmen haven't been there yet, so they really don't know the meaning of a Big East championship. I don't think that they take it for granted. I just don't think they know what it means yet.

We couldn't get a stop. We just couldn't. That's only the second time a team has shot 50 percent against us ... They beat us on the glass. They went after every loose ball. They made big shots.

We just did a great job. The locker room hasn't been like this in I don't know how long. Our confidence is back now.

This is the first time it's ever been like this around here. It feels great. I don't know how to describe it. Nobody wanted to give us the credit we deserved.

Now before we played Marquette, we felt a little too good and went out there and took it for granted thinking they were going to bow down and let us get the victory. But now, I think we're still focused.

I thought we were going to win. We were in the same situation to Friday night. We just didn't follow through.

They were leaving me open, so if I'm open, I'm not going to turn it down. I'm pretty relaxed. I'm getting into a groove playing with these guys. I've been feeling good, getting more used to the college game.

It came down to me wanting to go into the league and be effective and walk in with a kind of confidence and swagger that I am ready to play at a high level.

People have questioned whether we can win on the road. We've got to prove that we can.

The experiences here at the University of Connecticut included ups and downs, but I think they have all made me into a better person and for that, I will always be grateful.

I don't think it was a takeover. Craig came in and played the point. I came off screens and was able to take the ball and make plays.

We need to take advantage of these games and continue to win. They might be a little dinged up, but they are still a really good team. We can't have any slip-ups.

I put it aside. It seems like others haven't. Everywhere I go I hear it. I'll just continue to move forward and play basketball.

I think so. When we come out clicking and we're all on the same page, we're a pretty good team.

These next few games are really important. They are the most important games of our year. They can make or break our NCAA chances. There is a lot of pressure on us.