Roy Williams Quotes (188 Quotes)

Fourteen years ago I thought it was neat to win this award, and now I'm so much more appreciative of it. From the first day of practice this team was fun to coach yet they were focused on what they had to do.

For such a little guy, he's a big load, there's no question about that, ... I can't think of anybody that pushes it any faster than he does. He comes at you so hard that you have to give ground so much, at some point, you have to draw a line and say, 'I can't continue to give ground or I'll be in the bleachers.'

It's just a wonderful treat for us (as coaches). You see really good players in one setting and compare how they are to other players as well.

I can remember a time when you were a No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 (seed), the first couple of games you could win without playing well. I don't think you can do that anymore.

It seemed like they scored on the last 10 possessions. Part of it is you always have to give credit to the other team. I like their club. I watched them a couple times last year. You have to give them credit. We didn't play as intelligently as we'd have liked to.

You don't need to rub it in. I love our crowd but I don't like putting other people down.

When you're playing a team of that caliber, you can't make the mistakes we made.

I don't want to give in.

We saw a big-time basketball team play in a tough environment. Our guys in the second half, I love how hard we competed. ... It seemed like every time we'd get right there where I thought we could get over the hump, but we couldn't get a stop.

Every coach likes to have his team's full attention during timeouts. We get out there and the chairs are chained together, so you can't pull five chairs out onto the court.

When the hurricane occurred, our Mayor called the NBA and said we have a facility ready to house a professional team and he let them know that any way we can help out - we would,

The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game, he said he got mad at me. I told him I had figured out a way to get to him. I'll just make him mad.

I didn't realize until afterward that the guy who had the coin and flipped it was one of his former players. I think he felt guilty, so this time we played the first game in Chapel Hill.

None of us really thought that we'd be at this level.

You have to feel for Gary. He's one of the toughest people in the business, but they're going through some difficult times.

I think we are very fortunate to continue playing. I thought Virginia was much more aggressive and much more intelligent, particularly early in the game.

You like the way you can compete and execute down the stretch, but we do feel very fortunate. We thought Tyler was very big again inside, to say the least, and Danny made some big baskets for us as well. Survive and advance, that's what we're trying to do.

He's got good technique and he works like crazy. I wrote on the board sometime maybe before Christmas two questions 'Who do you guys think is the best shooter on the team' and Who do you think works hardest at it' It's a pretty easy deal.

I loved our toughness. They've learned to listen to what I say and not be concerned if the vein in my neck or head is busting or anything like that. I liked our competitiveness, and I think it will help us.

Ask senior wide receiver Roy Williams, and it's him. If I don't fumble, we win the ballgame, ... I'm the one who cost us the ballgame. But we have to live with it now. This put something in us. We just have to win every week. This is business. This is real.

We fought together as a team. We pulled out a win. It was tough. It's a team sport. When your offense needs help, your defense has to have their back. And we did that today.

If I get put in the same position, would I make the same tackle ... Yes. I've been doing it since I was a little kid. It's a secure tackle. I do what I have to do. A tackle is a tackle. You've been taught to bring down an opponent by any means necessary.

I saw Moss blaze down the seam, ... I wasn't able to take the right position. I should have read it faster and taken the proper angle. I take all the blame.

In the history of this league, road wins are extremely hard to come by. When you get one, you feel like you've really accomplished something.

The attention that basketball gets here is incredible, and that's what you want. You want interest. You can have a great team, but if nobody cares, it doesn't do any good. I think there's positives, and some people will say there are negatives. But there also are a lot of positives.

The airport gets 90 percent of its revenue from passenger fees, so we hope to be a going concern as quickly as possible,

I thought last year that we had a chance to win the whole thing this year. When we added Marvin to the group, I thought it was even more a possibility.

If there's anything to that, ... it's going to be very bad, because it's taking money from a struggling black institution.

You can't do that in college basketball and consistently win games. I don't like it.

It was our best basketball of the year. We talked about being focused for 40 minutes.

I knew it was going to come my way. I told myself, 'You better not drop it, they'll make fun of you the rest of your life.

You have to understand that we've played 30 games this year. We made some silly mistakes. You can't make those mistakes at this point.

Q's been playing much better lately and I told him he's got to play. I thought Q did some nice things for us. I think he really has played much better.

It was a bad call on my part. It's something as a coach that you hate to do to hurt your team.

I think Florida State's in the tournament at 9-7 in the ACC, if that's not good enough, then we need to rethink some things.

There's more coaching. He says 2 yards outside the number, he means 2 yards. Not a yard and a half. That's different that what I'm used to.

I'm optimistic and pretty pleased, with a few footnotes. A lot of our normal bases of customers aren't here.

a big stepping stone... builds our confidence. It was a great win, and something we can build on.

Someone asked me about North Carolina when I was coming off the court Thursday night,

It's going to be a heck of a basketball game. But I don't think I'm going to watch it.

They (Miami) held their poise. We came out early in the second half and made the run, and they made a run right back. We contributed to that with three turnovers out of four possessions. I thought Hite, Diaz and Anthony (Harris) were sensational. They made shots - but they always make shots. It's nothing unusual.

He did not say anything about it. Nobody knew that he went out to Jersey today, and to bury his brother. We love Coach Parcells, and we'll always have his back.

Nobody probably thought they could beat Michigan State and North Carolina back-to-back. They played with a great purpose and a great passion. (Coming in) I was scared to death, to be honest with you. In saying all that, I still thought we were going to win the game.

(Terry) is coming each and every day and working his butt off. He's trying to get better. He's extremely gifted, and the things he's trying to get better at are the hardest things.

You've got to give J.J. credit. He made two big-time shots.

I told (the players) I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game.

As a community, we believe that here is our chance to show the NBA, viewers, the world that we are a market that can support a professional team,

He's a load. He takes the ball to the basket. He jumps out of the gym. He goes to the backboards. He doesn't take no for an answer.

They pay us the big bucks to make the big plays. That's what we've got to do.

You never know when your freshmen come in how hard they're going work, how they're going to adjust to bigger, quicker players. His work ethic was something I thought was really good and it's far surpassed even what I thought. He's a phenomenally gifted kid who wants to get better, who treats every play like the last and you don't find many freshmen who do it like that.