Tim Welsh Quotes (35 Quotes)

Our guys are so green and new to this whole world of Big East basketball. We're going to have to learn from it.

In the artisan cheese community, everyone is really open and willing to share their experiences. You get two big industrial producers in a room together, and they want to kill each other.

In order to beat (Pittsburgh), a lot of things have to go your way. You have to make things go your way.

I've always said that consistency in practice rolls into games and he hasn't tailed off. Now his confidence level is the highest it has ever been. He's playing with a little swagger now.

I'm not looking at our record, I'm looking at how we grow. We just lost to one of the best teams in the country. We battled hard, and if we keep doing that, the wins will come.

Obviously, Pittsburgh is an elite team in college basketball and in our conference. In order to come into their building and beat them, you have to make a lot of things go your way.

I was just reading a book about handmade cheese one day, and I started joking about doing it. Somehow we got serious about it, and here we are.

This is a great accomplishment, because the selection process has changed dramatically from the old days. In previous years, you just had to achieve a certain time, now it's tougher because there are so few spots.

It is a very, very good field. Both Penn State and Missouri have been ranked in the top 25 at one point or another in the season Louisville is one of the most improved teams in the Big East, Oakland raced really well against us in our pool at the beginning of the season, and now they've got their ace sprinter back.

Though they sometimes change the order of finish, it's usually a freshman or sophomore who wins the event.

I don't think we led at all in the second half until the last play. That's the way play goes in this league. It was definitely our defense that won the game. Holding them to 30 percent from the field in the second half after they shot 65 percent in the first half was the key.

My goodness, the divers have improved dramatically and they're learning new dives all the time. We think the improvement will continue, and they have plenty of time to do that.

We didn't play very well tonight. We didn't execute on offense (and) they were a little tougher inside.

We're not out to compete with the major producers. We'll never be that big, because our market and our goals are different.

You've got to stick to your game plan and a lot of things have to go right. I told our guys if you fight, battle and play together, we've got a chance. I think we did all that and we still came up short, because they battle, too. You've got to hope that, when you play them, you get a little help from them, maybe.

The tale of the tape was pretty evident. They wore us out with their inside bodies that they threw at us. The physical presence of Gray and (Levon) Kendall hurt us and their depth really wore us out in the second half.

You bring Rashad Anderson off the bench, that's pretty damn good. He was only the leading scorer in the NCAA Tournament two years ago. So that in itself shows you the kind of depth.

He's the guy who can get the ball up the court. With three and a half seconds to go, your options are limited. It certainly looked like it was going down.

They're winners, they're two of the most competitive guys I've ever seen. They have that look in their eyes. They don't say much, they don't complain much they just want to win, that's all they care about.

You need all the components to run a program. These days at this level -- at the highest level -- you need great coaching, great recruiting, great scheduling and great facilities. We need to get to that point, and we're short on the one part right now. Hopefully, we can get over the hump to make us a more consistent winner.

It wasn't about points. I don't care who our leading scorer is. We've got to stop opponents. If we hold Notre Dame to 76 points instead of 92, we win. That was the problem.

Our strategy was good, but our only problem was we couldn't score.

He's still got to be able to play against all type of guys. But he's still young, and he's still trying to develop his body and his strength and learn how to play against physical players.

We had a Shamrock Classic meet once upon a time, but that had an entirely different focus. This is the first time we've had a season-ending grand finale, and we're pretty excited because it's a great way to end the dual meet season.

It puts the next best teams in. They are very intelligent guys on the committee. They are going to put good teams in.

Herb carried us down the stretch in that game to a win. That really helps your confidence.

We fought. We battled. We stuck to our game plan and stuck together. We did all that and still came up short. We were chasing them the whole time. The rebounds and the free throws were killers.

Even if we shot our average today, we still wouldn't have won the game.

The kiddies aren't kiddies any more. They understand what they have to do.

Diving rewards consistency. In the finals, he did the same dives, he just did them better.

Im sure hes shown improvement over the years, but its all about confidence. Confidence comes from, Coach, leave me in the game, because obviously its your turn. He knows its his year, so hes stepped up.

This morning he was in the gym shooting at 830 on his own, not on my orders, that's for sure. He wants to take those shots. He took those shots in high school, and I don't think he feels any differently at a higher level. He'll bounce back.

Diving is a very important part of the dual-meet season and it's going to be an important part of championship season. Diving accounts for two out of 13 events in the conference championship meet, so if you can win diving by a lot that's a huge advantage,

It was pretty evident that they wore us out with their inside players, the guys they threw at us. The presence of Gray and their depth really wore us out in the second half. Gray is a tough load in there. He's a very, very good player. He's going to make you pay.

Our guys have confidence throwing the ball to him. He's taking the ball right to defenders and making stronger moves inside. He's such a good kid, everyone is very happy for him. Now it's up to him to keep it going.