Marshall Strickland Quotes (43 Quotes)

We have the pieces to win. We just have to bring it every night.

The guys on this team, really love the game and when it comes down to it, that's all that matters. We play with passion.

I'm going to be in the gym (today) shooting a thousand (free throws). That's the one thing I'm really mad about, the free throw that I missed.

It will be a nice accomplishment to have when I reach 1,000 career points. I am not sure where I am at right now, but I am just going to keep playing hard and try to help this team win.

I thought Marco was going to make it because he got it into his left hand and I have seen him make that shot a thousand times.

I was shooting with confidence. I felt good. All the shots, even the ones I missed, I felt like they were going down. When I get like that, I just feel like it's flowing for me.

They are a real physical team, more than most people probably realize or give them credit for. Batista is the main guy but they have others who also crash the boards. We're small. We can shoot. But when Marco is out, we don't have a lot of options.

This gives us a lot of confidence going into Michigan. Losing on the road was weighing on us early. Lately we've flushed everything out. It's been a great experience.

Were really mirror images of each other. Dials is physical, Marco is physical. . . . Thats our game.

I had set a screen on him earlier and he plowed right over me. So I felt if he did it again, I was going down. I knew he'd try and body me down.

Guys played with their hearts and people forgot how tired they were.

This team isn't afraid to make plays. We're not afraid to take chances and to play basketball. When we get aggressive, I think we're one of the best teams in the country.

Now we can move on. We still have our goals in mind.

I have a lot of confidence in my team. I think we can win the Big Ten. We're playing really well right now, and we're getting better. That's the scary part -- we're improving every game.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. We have fun in meals, on the bus. We're just enjoying each other, enjoying the time, enjoying our season and enjoying winning games.

I've been with coach four years and he's helped me grow up. I came here, I'm fresh out of high school, he tested me and brought great things in me.

We have our goals in mind. We have five games left. We still have the NCAA Tournament in mind. That's what we're working toward.

We're just trying to play, execute our game plan and win games. We need a couple wins to get that feeling back.

We're a team that needs to make open threes. When we make those, we open up everything for Marco and all the other guys.

They're a real physical team. Probably more physical than people give them credit for.

It would have been easy for us to not even be here, to not even make it to the tournament. We showed a lot of courage. Tonight we just got beat, but I think overall we showed a lot of guts.

We really have to execute on defense and get up and down the court. If we can do those things, we have a chance to get a win.

We don't mind watching him. We have confidence in him.

The month leading up to coach resigning, it just seemed like we were walking into every game down 15 points. Ever since then, guys have come together and we just feel like we can win. It's just a completely different attitude, but it's something that all of the guys are feeling.

You never know what's going to happen on Selection Sunday. But our goal is to win this tournament and worry about the next one when it comes.

They really need this win -- it's desperation time. We're playing at their house, so they're going to come out on all cylinders. If we can take care of the first few minutes and slow them down a bit, I think we have a good shot.

All of the fans were excited, but we expected to win. We are No. 11 in the country (in the USA TodayESPN poll as opposed to No. 13 in The Associated Press poll) and we feel like we are a top five team.

It's embarrassing to lose by 20 points. We have to learn from these experiences.

Coach Marsh has really been on us a lot the last couple of weeks. That's carried over to the games.

We're going to give them different looks. We might double at times, or we might play them straight up, or we might deny them the ball sometimes. We'll keep changing it and try to mess up their rhythm a little bit.

Now everybody knows coach Davis is leaving, so we don't have that extra distraction.

I would hope (we're in), but hey, you never know until Selection Sunday. Our goal is to win this tournament. We'll worry about the next one when it comes.

It's difficult. You tell yourself that, but you don't believe it. You always feel like there's another game. You know, the reality is, it's do or die. And I think I'm going to play like that.

I think it's pretty obvious that we opened some people's eyes the last few weeks. None of us expected a six seed, but I think it tells you a lot about how people view our conference. I just think this shows that we did earn some respect down the stretch.

It's been a while. That's one thing I told the freshmen. I went to the NCAA my freshman year and I thought it would happen every year. I thought it would be a given. It's not. Now I get my second chance. I want to make the most of it.

We've really come together as a team, and that's what helped us get through the tough times. These last couple of weeks we've played good basketball, and it's paid off.

I know they're not going to leave me, because if they do I'll make them pay. Hopefully I'll be able to free up some of the other guys on the court.

I hurt my shoulder pretty good. I'm still questionable right now. I got a couple more hours of rest, so we'll so how it goes.

I think this team has a different mentality after the two wins we just picked up at home. You can just feel the difference with the guys. Our confidence is returning and that's something that is going to be very important for us to get a couple of road victories this last week.

It was becoming a distraction. We were aware of it, but all the nuisance of the buzz. ... Now it's out there and we can go out and play these last five games.

We got off to a slow start but played hard on defense and tried to take the fight to them. They're a tough team. They have so many weapons, inside with Brunner and outside with their shooters. They stretched us out and got some open looks at the beginning of the game.

They are a really physical team. A lot more physical than a lot of people give them credit for.

We have to do a better job defensively in all areas if you expect to beat a team like that on the road. It's all about recognition and not giving up easy baskets. I thought we had some breakdowns tonight.