Mike Brey Quotes (56 Quotes)

I told them it's OK to celebrate when we make a good play. We're a little bit of a quiet group. You watch our league play, there's a lot of histrionics and stuff. I don't see that in other leagues. At times it's like the damn (Harlem) Globetrotters.

I knew this was going to be interesting with this new monster league and us trying to establish an identity.

It's great drama, isn't it We're like entertainment. We're a little bit of a miniseries right now that people can relate to, where everyone's a heartbreaker. The ratings people have got to love us because every one of them comes down to the wire.

We needed to go into that locker room with a smile. Human nature says, too, that after going through what we've been through, you need to go into the locker room and smile and pat each other on the back a little bit.

I think with this team, more than any team, you can't have preconceived notions or a preseason plan like this is what we're doing offensively, this is what we're doing defensively. They'll tell us, and we'll have to adjust - definitely more than any other year I've been here - to what personalities and skill levels are kind of exposing themselves.

Your frame of mind is a little different after that and human nature kicks in. Our losses - not only a couple in a row, but any one of them - we felt like we could have won. It takes its toll.

We do know where the ball should go. We're unselfish. Probably what we did tonight, too, was we had a good number of guys make shots. I think we're a good shooting team. I don't know if we've had this many guys flowing and shoot the ball well. I'd like to see us carry it over Friday night.

I thought our seniors kind of helped with a poised demeanor. I thought Torin and Chris' body language and how they talked in huddles, they were rocks out there that the guys on the floor could rely on.

I know because I'm sitting in the seat. I think about last year when West Virginia -- which started 1-5 in the Big East, then reached the Elite Eight -- was struggling. They could close the door to the coach's office and say, 'At least we're going to New

Since I've been at Notre Dame, I've really tried to focus on the state, and thankfully we've had a lot of success with it. I love the kids in the state of Indiana. I think it starts with great high school coaches.

I had a different breakfast order at my breakfast spot, I changed that up. My route to the gym was a little different.

I know we can shoot free throws better than we have. We have to work on that a little bit because that's a good weapon for us. If were getting to the bonus by using those big guys we've got to convert.

It's very intense. No. 1, you have your current team on campus and in school, so you feel torn a little bit. You're very responsible for those young men who have already signed with you and are on your watch, academically and athletically. But you need to be out a couple days a week evaluating.

I think our fans will rally with this group. There's one thing with this basketball team They've fought and they've dug and they've been a pretty good example for people.

I told our guys, we're not picked in any polls. I think for this group, that's probably a very good atmosphere for them to be in.

It's going to be crazy it's going to be wild. I don't want our guys too distracted by that.

I'm very impressed with Arizona. We were going to have to score more than 71 points to make it interesting.

I think guys like playing with him. He's all over the place and getting his hands on stuff and elbowing people in the back of the head. He's active.

I like starting the way we start. We've gotten off to good starts with four perimeter players and a big. That's been a good out-of-the-gate lineup.

I think we would really like to build on this. We've got a bunch of guys coming back. You know the one thing you want to do I want to practice as long as I can with this team. ... Selfishly just from that standpoint, I want to keep extending the season so we can keep coming back on the court and talk basketball as a group as much as possible.

We had a little killer instinct to start the second half.

I think it says a lot about him as a senior. He hadn't been at the line and he really wasn't in a rhythm. They did a good job jamming and doubling him, and he threw it away a couple times. I'm very proud of him to step up and make them. There's no doubt h

We know we face the biggest basketball week of our lives. We're trying to get to New York City with the three games we have next week.

I don't know if anybody's shocked. We felt they were going to be a pretty good basketball team and maybe were being undersold a little bit in the preseason.

Our players have been punched hard and taken some body blows.

Luke's been very solid there. He's come a long way with his post defense and his defensive rebounding. (Fordham) left him alone and he made shots and gave us a double-digit lead we didn't relinquish.

He does a good job drawing fouls. He's crafty like that.

I don't think we played very well early in the game. A lot of that was Georgetown. They're a very good basketball team. I'm just proud we gave ourselves a chance to win.

You can't feel sorry for yourself. I think they know I'll jump them if anyone hangs their head or mopes around. That's the one thing that's absolutely unacceptable.

A different breakfast order at my breakfast spot. I definitely changed that up. My route was a little bit different. I usually pick up a little caffeine on the way in. I just went to a little different spot to pick it up. We're moving the karma around a little bit here.

We're a lot alike in that we've let a lot of close ones get away.

It was important for them to be able to smile in the locker room. Hopefully that's good therapy.

I think he's going to be on an NBA roster, with that body and that length.

They're a talented group. I know they haven't had the best of luck finishing games, but we can't feel sorry for them.

When you're in the business as long as I am, you see a little bit of everything. This is pretty weird though - what we've been through. I will say that. This is pretty weird. But we'll keep riding on this win and keep building.

It's obvious that Chris Quinn is such a key for us. He's just got to play with that swagger and the rest of the guys are confident. So is his coach.

The weight of the world was on their shoulders. I think it showed up in play and in body language.

He's almost been like the model player in our program. We've asked him to do more each year and he's been a great representative of our basketball program. I think all of the coaches in our league would agree that he's a class act and a leader.

I'll go to bed with a Chris Quinn runner for the rest of my life. It's the law of averages, but it didn't work out. He makes that shot a lot, and he had a clean look, too.

It's good we won. It's the Urban Irish, the Urban Irish, all right Even in South Bend.

That shot Bowman hit was a tough shot. Torin (Francis) rode him into the cheerleaders and he hit a lefty runner. That's just a talented play. You can't do much better than what he did right there.

His goal is to become a head coach and he could be a head coach probably very soon. If you learn another system from another guy, that certainly can help your public relations when you become a head coach.

That's the first time we've had that. We really need to build on that.

It feels like we played seven league games. It was a great college basketball game. We gave ourselves a chance to win, but Pitt made plays when they had to.

We got him on Mejia really quick. He is really fearless. He's not even afraid of his coach.

They're a very poised basketball team. We gave up second shots at key times. That really hurt us.

Dean being nicked up for them is like Quinn being hurt for us. And I don't want to think about it.

The problem with last year's group was they watched the selection show and had their hearts taken from them. And maybe more hurtful than that was they heard all the speculation for a day that they should have been in, as much as I told them, 'It's over, m

He was struggling early, and it was hard to get him loose. The one thing about him is he's a fearless guy, and at any time, he can bang one in. He knocked down that three and then the free throws, and then he defended their three-point shot.

He's the guy I'm most concerned about, you know, because he's giving it everything, plus he's running the locker room, he's keeping guys' heads up. I think he did a great job of that since Syracuse (on Wednesday night) and then he was really ready to be aggressive and set the tone.