Tony Skinn Quotes (24 Quotes)

Being on the court is a whole lot easier than being on the bench. It's a roller coaster ride on the bench.

We've been trying to prove ourselves all year. We heard what the critics were saying -- that we didn't belong in the tournament. The confidence level has risen, and we've gotten a chance to show the country what we're capable of.

We've kind of used that to our advantage a little bit because we're capable of playing with anybody in the country. The stage we're on now is our opportunity to show everybody we can play. We'll just stick to it and run with it.

Seeing him be so happy kind of motivates us to know that basketball is a game of fun. You get too serious and get too tense, you might have jitters on the court, so we're trying to stick to that mode of having fun. It works for us.

As college basketball players at a mid-major level, it's a great feeling. You couldn't ask for a greater script to this season.

If that will make our opponent not take our abilities seriously, then let us be the Cinderella.

March Madness. We don't mind being the Cinderella.

I hope no one is counting us out because we could bring back the national championship to D.C.. It's unbelievable, man. Never count a team out.

That kind of hurt us a little bit. We've been playing behind for a while in this tournament. We didn't put our heads down. We wanted to go out there and keep fighting.

Shaq wants to win, and he's a winner. It's one of those things where he sees how good this team can be, and if he steps his game up, it's going to make us better.

It's been a roller coaster ride. But at the same time, you're not ready to pinch yourself yet because you know you're still winning. We're so deep into the tournament right now, it's like we can't be satisfied.

He's enjoying it. He's loving it. We're not ready for him to go back to DC yet. We hope to keep him here a couple more days.

We are all business when we are on the floor.

We weren't nervous. We were just out there having fun. We weren't worried about the crowd or anything. We were just playing basketball.

I think we've done something tremendous for college basketball, for the teams that are out there that watched us play, you know, just to show them that all you need is opportunity and a chance.

Jai is an unusual athlete. You look at his size and you think that hes slow, but Jai is the total opposite. He is quick with his hands and feet and he can do a lot of things that big guys his size cant do. He shoots the ball well, he can dribble the ball and also he can use his body down low.

Going into that game we wanted to play the same basketball we'd been playing all year. The odds were against us, we were playing on the road, but fortunately for us we went out there and played a great game.

He had to do what he had to do. If I did something wrong at home, my mother had to punish me and I'm not going to argue with her. It's one of those disciplinary things.

Even though we are far from home, I think we have just about everybody cheering for us. It's definitely to our advantage. Whenever we score or do something, we're going to hear the crowd roar.

I am very sorry and I deeply regret my actions on Sunday. In the heat of a tense game, I lost my head and made a bad decision. I'm not making excuses for my actions and I take full responsibility for what I did. I want to take this opportunity to apologize to Loren Stokes, who I have great respect for. I also want to say I'm sorry to Hofstra University's players, coaches and fans. They played a terrific game and that should not be overshadowed by what I did.

Coach told us when we got into the tournament that teams like that -- Michigan State, North Carolina -- they are supposed to beat us. With that on them, that is a lot of pressure. They have to make all the shots. The pressure is on them to do that.

They set the tone for what college basketball is today.

It's like going to Disneyland. I can't wait to get up there.

Man, it's been fun. Right now this team is playing great basketball and we just want to keep that rolling.