Shannon Brown Quotes (37 Quotes)

We wanted to match his intensity and bring a little more intensity. As much as we chase him when he runs the offense, he has to run. And our big guys did a good job of bumping him.

Everything we have to give, we've done it in flashes. And now we have to put it all together. ... We haven't been consistent.

It's time to dig down. We're gonna regroup, and we're gonna be ready to play this game.

We came out with the 'W' in a very physical game. Nobody is safe in this league. You've got to bring your 'A' game every night. You've got to be ready to fight. When you're aggressive and unselfish, you can accomplish a lot.

Of course, we want to see Illinois. We haven't beaten them. They've kind of been a thorn in our side. We'd like to play them guys.

Whew, that was close. We missed a lot of great shots and a lot of rebounds. We had to do something. And that dunk I had was an energizing thing. When the crowd went crazy, my teammates went crazy.

It didn't help that I was cramping. But that's what you play for. You play to play the best.

We just had to match his intensity and bring a little more than he had. As much as we had to chase him off screens, he had to run off them, so he was getting tired. Our big men did a good job bumping him when he was trying to curl off them, and it was just a team effort.

It feels good. But to be honest with you, we get a chance to play for a championship. That's all we were screaming about.

It's just match his intensity and bring a little more intensity than we know he has. As much as we have to chase him around the screens, he has to run around them and he's getting tired, too.

It's just like being in the NCAA Tournament now. It feels like one-and-done time. And we have to play that way for 40 minutes.

That was just emotion coming out. I don't know what to say. I was just trying to take the contact and get it off the backboard. The crowd was going crazy. They got me going.

I think about it all the time. Someone had to lose the game. They played better than us that day, and we move on. It was an unbelievable year for us, but we just have to move on.

Spartan basketball is playing with a lot of intensity, a lot of grit. We haven't played with it as much as we'd like to. But it's a new season.

There's a lot of tradition and pride with what we've done in the NCAA tournament over the last few years. We've been the type of program that looks forward to when the tournament comes around and everybody really starts paying attention to college basketball.

My confidence is just fine. The ball just didn't go in for me for various reasons. But my confidence is just great.

I was self-conscious about it because I would get stares. I could not wear certain hairstyles. If I had a bad hair day, I could not wear it up because it would be out there for the world to see.

I just try to come out relaxed, but at the same time play with a lot of intensity. And at the same time, just do what I'm supposed to do on offense and defense and be aggressive.

I had a bad day. I was out till when (motel) checkout time came around. I wouldn't have done that. I'm a cowboy. I'm a respectful gentleman. I don't know what happened.

Everything we have to give, we've done in flashes. Now it's about putting it all together. We just haven't been consistent with what we're doing.

It's a big missed opportunity. We had a chance to play for another championship. We were playing for seeding. We didn't give our best performance. It was very disappointing.

Great kid, great character. He's super talented, obviously, but you throw in the character, and being a super kid, good leader, that's what sets him apart from a lot of people.

I feel like it was meant for me to be in college, ... Not at all am I disappointed or mad at coming back. College is one of the most fun times of your life, and I'm having an excellent time at Champaign.

A kid that has been blessed with feet like that is going to be on the field, ... It would be hard for any player to come in here midseason and get playing time on the varsity level. You would have to be a tremendous athlete and Larry is a heck of an athlete.

The defense responded well from a pitiful performance against Lee last week,

It helps a lot. You won't get too excited, that high emotion where your blood flows too much, where you're throwing the ball away. You know how to keep your composure and just go out there, relax and play basketball.

Does he get full credit for all those rebounds If he gets full credit on the stat sheet, then he does. But he can't be doing that in the games we have coming up. We have a long way to go.

We haven't played Spartan basketball that often this year, but it's a new season. This is a very important game for us against Illinois. We're going to have to play a lot better if we're going to win.

It don't matter how you get it. Take it and go.

We like to run. They did a good job putting on the pressure, but we didn't take care of the ball. We've got a lot of stuff to get better at.

Who knows what happened But it happened, and now you've just got to come back and keep fighting. They're good players, they're going to bounce back out of it all they've got to do is keep being aggressive. If you stop, you'll never get out of it.

This game is very important, not just for me, but for the team because they beat us twice. Tomorrow is going to be a fight.

Of all the goals we have, winning the conference is the first big one. We've just got to come out and play like we know how to play. If we do that, we can get four rings the Big Ten, the Big Ten tournament, another Final Four and the national championship.

When it comes to basketball, it's not that hard. You gotta go out and play like you gotta play and listen to the coaching staff. You just have to go out and play hard, and we call that Spartan basketball.

We didn't come out here tonight like a football team on the upswing. We should be executing better on offense. I'm disappointed in the way we played but I am proud of these guys for fighting through adversity and coming back to get the win.

My lifelong dream has been to be an NBA player. By testing the draft waters, I am allowing myself to make a more informed decision while keeping all my options open.

We're always talking about the Big Ten title. We're going to try to bring it back. It would be very special to do that with what I think is the toughest schedule in history.