Rudy Gay Quotes (26 Quotes)

It's too close to tournament time to be losing. It's getting too late for this. We know this feeling. We just don't want to feel this again.

These games will show where we'll be in April. In the first one against Seton Hall, they tried to out-tough us and we learned a lot about ourselves by not retaliating. We're very confident. We're just playing off each other.

It's only a matter of time before everybody is clicking, doing everything right and getting some wins together heading into the tournament.

They beat a lot of good teams and we'd be stupid not to come out here and give it our all.

I haven't been past this, you know. But these were the two toughest games of my life.

They were a tough team. They played tough, and they have a lot of heart.

It was definitely important, because we have two more tough games. To start out this way is great.

They're a tough team. We couldn't let up at all. Every time we made a run, they made one right back at us. It was two good teams playing each other.

It's inexcusable what happened today. You always feel you should do more. We're the No. 2 team in the nation. We all thought we could do more.

They played tough, and they have a lot of heart. (Heart is) all that really matters when you're playing a game like this.

I think personally, and team wise, things went pretty good. I really can't complain when we've accomplished some of the things we have as a team.

It's a little tough, being that we have a lot of tough games. But you have to take it one game at a time, and hopefully we come out one after another with a win.

It's one loss. But then again, we could have done better.

I couldn't see out of it for a long time, most of the first half. It kind of bothers you, but if you are trying to win a game you aren't worried about it. You have to put it behind you.

This is definitely a team I thought could go all the way. And for us to fall like this, it hurts.

We can't worry about the crowd situation. You have to worry about yourselves and what little Connecticut fans we do have.

I really don't pay that much attention to stats and stuff, but I do take a lot of pride in trying to be a complete player. I just try to do whatever I can to help us win games, whether it's scoring points, rebounding, blocking shots, passing, playing great defense, whatever it takes.

They played tough. They had a lot of heart. That's all that really matters when you play a game like this.

I think every team has lapses during the season. I think we have come out of this tournament with two wins, and I don't think we played our best basketball. I think that's yet to come.

One thing he always had was heart.

Last year we came out with a loss. We played BC, a team we definitely thought we could beat. This year we just want to make our presence known, especially with this being a new team. We want to show them how the Big East is.

We've come out of this tournament with two wins, and I don't think we played our best basketball. I think that's yet to come. Everybody is up to playing against Washington, so I don't think we'll have a problem with that.

My family and I, along with Coach Calhoun, have put a lot of time and thought into this and we think that this is the right step. It was a tough decision. It took a lot of time and a lot of thought, but ... as a player, I think I can play at that level.

He came on strong down the stretch. It's good to have that presence down there and it kind of opens up the rest of the game for us.

I thought this team could have done more things. We just fell short.

It's good, I guess, for my family because they don't have a chance to see me in person and stuff like that very often. But I'm only going down there for one reason. I love my family, but my team is my family right now.