Taurean Green Quotes (28 Quotes)

He was unbelievable he's been there all year, but all this just goes to prove what we started at the beginning of the season. I even told my dad before the season started that we would do special things because we would play team basketball.

It's a relief not to have to answer any more of those questions. It got old.

It's important. Every game counts now in SEC, especially home games, because we have the fans behind us and we'll be at home. We just want to win all the home games we can.

They responded great. We knew they were going to have come in and help us. That's why they practice with us every day. We have confidence in them.

Last year, we had great leaders, but they're gone now and we've all been thrust into different roles. We've grown up from the experience. Those six regular-season losses helped us. We needed to experience that. We didn't want to lose, but we had to learn from those experiences to help us get where we are today. We lost in so many different ways and it makes you grow up.

Every time Lee shoots, I think it's going in. He's just that good of a shooter.

We've faced a lot of good teams. But this team starts four guards, and I think this team has the best guard lineup we have ever played against. We're just looking forward to the opportunity, and we'll be ready to play tomorrow.

I tried to set a screen on him. He knocked the wind out of me. His butt hit me in my stomach. Luckily there was a short pause in the game, the shot clock wasn't working or something. So I somehow managed to get my breath back.

That's the equalizer in college basketball. If you defend the 3-point line, you are going to have a good chance of winning any night.

Just having somebody that played the game and coached the game, it helps to hear his opinion.

After that (Alabama) game we had a team meeting. I think everybody looked at themselves and everybody bought into what will win games. I think we've done a good job listening to coaches and just going out and executing the game plan and just playing smart.

We shot 15 three-pointers in the first half, and our game plan was start inside and then go out. In the second half we did a good job of getting the ball inside and our big guys did a good job of getting it outside.

All the talk was about Anthony, Matt and David leaving. Those three are great players, but we have a bunch of good players that returned. We just wanted to prove to everybody that we can play.

Honestly, I didn't. He's probably the most-improved player in America. He just has so much heart and wants to win so bad.

Coach kind of got upset that we didn't listen to him. We can't let half our shots be threes in the first half.

All good stories have to come to an end. George Mason is a good team but we came here with a mission to win a national championship.

Everybody had us in the NIT. We wanted to prove ourselves. After that tournament, everybody bought into the fact we could be a special team.

It just seemed like they were getting every call. Even the crowd was working the refs. But you've just got to play through it. If you're not getting the calls, you've got to adjust to the officials.

We're on a mission right now and we know we have four more games to get where we want to get. But we're just trying to take it one game at a time. I think we're seizing every moment we're on the court, making the best of it.

We didn't come out with the right focus or any energy. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to where we're capable of playing. They beat us to every loose ball. They wanted it more.

We just didn't come out with the right focus. We didn't come out with any energy or anything. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to what we're capable. . . . They just wanted it more than us.

We're all disappointed we lost, but it's only one game. You just have move on. We have a whole lot of games ahead of us.

He's just that good a shooter.

We try to entertain ourselves. We watch some film and eat. We've got the routine down now.

He's been like a second father to me, both in the recruiting process and from the moment I stepped on campus. I can go to him and talk to him about anything in life and I know he'll give me honest feedback and help me move down the right path.

It is relieving we don't have to answer any more of those questions. That's the only thing I'll say about that. It got old.

Our front court guys have been playing great as of late, but teams are going to start to key on them. When they get doubled, the guards are going to have to knock down some shots.

We knew we had to get in the lane and make plays for each other. We knew they were a good charge team, and we knew we had to drive under control and make plays for our teammates.