Tyler Hansbrough Quotes (18 Quotes)

I knew the basket was around and I thought maybe if I tapped it up and it still didn't go in I'd have a chance to get the rebound. I was a little shocked. I didn't know if it was going to roll off or come back at me.

It's hard to block that out, and sometimes you have to listen. When sometimes you're playing good, you can't just say, 'No, I'm not.' But you can't get a big head about it.

It's a small community. Everybody knows each other.

We thought that if we could beat Arizona, we could pretty much beat anybody. I was really pumped up.

I didn't have any individual goals, but I would say it's a good accomplishment. I thought there were some things that I struggled with at the beginning. I tried to improve on those. With this team, I got a lot of experience early, and I think I adjusted well.

I think I could have learned a lot from Sean. He would have been a senior and he would have been a veteran to learn from. I could have gotten tips from him and learned a lot.

There were points and times where I felt like we were so close. We just needed one big stop.

Over the last couple of games it's been real physical. We have games back really quickly and sometimes my body doesn't have time to recover all the way. Sometimes you have to play with little bumps and bruises.

The NBA is definitely a goal of mine down the line, but right now I am enjoying college a great deal and feel I can improve in every phase of my game. I enjoy school, my teammates and being part of the Carolina basketball program.

I took it as an insult. I mean, they come in and they tell us that. Some people didn't have us in the top 60. I mean, that's something. I kind of liked it, having our backs up against the wall, people telling us something we can't do, and we go out there and prove them wrong.

I always think there are things I can do to improve. I could have finished some shots, or gotten some defensive stops. But I'll keep on trying to improve and look forward to the next game.

It was really important. The crowd really got into it and they had a big effect. There were a couple of times there where I couldn't hear the whistle.

What helped us get the road win is we kept our poise. There were definitely some times where we made some questionable plays, but I think we kept our head and kept playing hard, and that's what gave us the win.

It's something that's special to me. It will be something that I talk about later down the road. I think it's probably one of my best individual performances. I haven't played against the level of competition that I've in college. In high school I didn't see players who were 6-9.

I didn't even know I had that many points. When you look at all the great players that have played here, it's something down the line I'll talk about when I'm done playing basketball.

I was kind of surprised I thought he'd be posting up the way he was for a couple of possessions before. But I saw him go up, and it looked like their guy (Swann) kind of fumbled the ball and was looking for someone to pass it to, and I stuck my arm out.

I'm figuring out how tough college is.

I just couldn't get the game against them out of my mind that we played at home. I thought we should have won it but we made some critical mistakes at the end.