Seth Greenberg Quotes (90 Quotes)

Once again, we were unable to come up with a big play, a stop or a score at the end of the game. In league play, there's such a level playing field that you've got to make plays at the end of the game.

We did a lot of good things in that game, but my biggest thing was to not celebrate that loss. There were some things that we could learn from. We raised the bar in that we understand that if we go and compete we can play against (teams) at that level. Those are the expectations we have with our team. This is a pretty competitive group.

He hasn't been right for two months. He's carried the burden in a very public way and it's been very difficult for him dealing with what he's dealt with for the past year. He's played in this conference in a very public manner and it'd be difficult for anyone to deal with.

You try to make him as work as hard as you can. You try to run a lot of different guys at him because he'll wear out one guy.

I thought we were at times very good. We just weren't very good when we needed to be good.

Its the next game. This time of the year hot, not hot, winning streak, losing streakit makes no difference. These are big games.

Shawn Harris was magnificent tonight. If I was Kreskin and I could predict the future and knew he would make a play (at the end to win the game), I would have put him in.

People say it balances out. I guess this is one that the basketball gods smiled down on a group of kids that needed somebody to smile on them.

It's really sad. Here's a 19-year-old kid who won't be able to pick up the phone and call his dad when something good happens.

Were just going to continue to practice. Theres no magic formula theres no Michael Jordans magic potion.

We really had a tough time matching up with Caner-Medley. He was tougher than us. ... Last year, Dixon guarded Caner-Medley.

He hasn't been right for probably two months. He's been carrying a burden in a very public way. It's been very, very difficult to be dealing with what he's been dealing with for the last year and dealing with it in this conference.

That's the great part about Virginia Tech being part of the ACC. Forget about only playing (the Cavaliers) once a year - how about playing them three times in a year I think that's good for basketball in the state of Virginia.

We continue to press on. We've got to get to the point where we can impose our will at the end of games. We've got to have that ability to get that stop, finish that play at the end. It's a very small margin.

I'm discouraged. We're a little wounded right now. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. When you play this many close games ... and you can't get that stop, it's going to scar you.

We're dealing with some things with some players that make it difficult for those kids, but I think we're making progress. Sometimes it doesn't show on the scoreboard, but we're moving along.

He either fouls out in five minutes or he gets seven offensive rebounds -- one or the other. Unfortunately, today he got seven offensive rebounds.

He was a basketball junkie. Having his son play in this conference the ACC and be productive in this conference I think was something that was really special to him.

I'm not even thinking about it. All that plays out in the end, there's no sense in me worrying about something we have no control over.

We probably got more out of him than I thought.

That's an NCAA tournament team without a doubt. They've played that way down the stretch.

A lot of crazy things have happened. ... You play to see if you can win the last four games and win two or three in the ACC tournament. All of a sudden you're on a six-game win streak and your RPI all of a sudden has jumped up, and maybe you've passed some people that are ahead of you.

People that are probably hurt the worst are people that are coming from low-income areas that lost everything. As coaches, we're always rebuilding. Maybe we can come together and help some people rebuild their lives.

Our ability to bounce back is kind of a trait that we've had the last few years. That was good to see, because now, it's for real. It's no joke now.

He's got a burden that's sapping him from his energy. He's going through it ... in the biggest conference in America, the most-publicized conference in America, and it's a very public pain he's going through.

I know one thing. It would have been devastating to our team. We've been able to get them back each time. I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm not sure I would've been able to get them back if that basket counted.

Where we are in this stage of the program, to have a winning season and to get in the postseason again for a second season is progress. No one said this is a quick fix. This is a process. With everything, we still have a chance at postseason play.

He's a kid in a man's body. He might be intellectually as bright as any kid that plays college basketball, but he's still a kid in a man's body.

We've got to get him some help. He's a little kid in a man's body. He's a brilliant young man who'll graduate in three years, but he's still just 19 years old and he's lost his father ...

Obviously, he has some closure, because he's been waiting for the phone to ring, but we've also got to get him some help. (Collins) is a brilliant young man who's gonna graduate in three years. But he's still a 19-year-old young man that's lost his father.

It was kind of like a microcosm of our season. I thought we played hard, I thought we competed hard on the defensive end. We just couldn't make a play when we needed to.

It's been an emotional drain. Our off-the-court situation has taken a little bit of some of the players' spirit. That's human nature. Everybody responds to tragedy in different ways.

I thought the first half Dudley was tougher than us, but I thought the second half we matched his toughness.

I mean, it's as good as it gets. The number one thing we wanted to do was ... take away their 3-point shot. Obviously we didn't do a good job with it, especially in the first half.

The ACC is a calling card. Kids in this geographic footprint want to play in the ACC, and I think what it does is it gives us a chance to recruit some of these kids.

It's embarrassing for me to see my team play the way they played.

We didn't do a good job on J.R.. He came off screens, made some big shots, and we have to give him credit for that.

It was kind of like a ... microcosm of our season. When we had to get a rebound, when we had to get a 50-50 ball, when we had to make a free throw, we just weren't able to do it.

I just hope it doesn't happen again.

He's a very good shooter who always shoots on balance, and that's a rarity today. He never shoots off-balance.

But this team has won enough games, so they expect to win. When you beat the teams George Mason has, it's not a fluke. It's for real.

We're not broken. It's a play here and a play there. That was the biggest thing. We're probably four plays from being 4-0, which is typical league play in any league. We've had a chance to win, and I wanted to make sure our guys understand that.

I can't stress that point enough. Everyone should be involved. As coaches, we are always rebuilding our own programs. 'Coaches Care' was created to help and now we have an opportunity to help rebuild the Gulf Coast of the United States working with the great folks at Habitat for Humanity.

What they are is a good basketball team. Not too fancy. Just a good basketball team.

The game came down to free throw situations where we didn't rebound the basketball. They got two big rebounds and extra possessions, and that was like a microcosm of our season.

He gave us good energy. He's really been practicing well and he's starting to understand what we're doing.

We've got to get better. My concern is our depth, especially up front.

Ryan and I recruited the kid for two years. We thought we had him. He's a beautiful kid, and we knew he could play.

These games have become epic. Not artistic, but epic.

We didn't even discuss it. We didn't say, 'Well, you've got to play well tonight because ....' ... That guy's heart is as pure as Ivory soap.