Josh McRoberts Quotations

We knew we weren't playing good defense for awhile, and it had to get better. We weren't containing people, and we weren't relying on each other.

We knew they were going to make a comeback, I don't even think we let up.

The expectations are obviously very high, but I think that's what makes it a high-level program and the level it takes to be great every day.

When they went to the zone, it worked well for the sets we were in. And when you have a guy like J.J. around ...

I don't even think we had a full double on. But it's like I've been in the right place at the right time some, I guess.

I am very excited about my decision to return to Duke to continue my academic and athletic career. I love the atmosphere at Duke and the support the university receives from the community. There is no place better to play college basketball. I am looking forward to working with the coaching staff to further develop my skills as a player. The relationships that I have in place here played a major role in my decision.

I am very excited about my decision to return to Duke. The relationships that I have in place here played a major role in my decision.

He carries us, he definitely carried us in the end of the game today. That's one of the great things about having the best college player on your team. You can count on him.

The ACC tournament is a big deal. It's great to be involved in and it's great to be playing on Sunday.

We've got some guys that have been in situations like that before.

We knew that we didn't play our best game the other night. We knew we had to come back and play stronger tonight.

Those were big days. We had lost two straight and we're not used to losing, so you could go one way or the other. I don't think this team would ever give up, but I think a lot of teams could say, 'We lost two straight to end the season' and could kind of cave in. But we kind of took it the other way and wanted to improve.

We got a taste of that type of atmosphere, that type of feeling when we played Texas in Madison Square Garden.

We got a quick lift, but then we kind of let up. We had our run, and then they had theirs. We didn't respond to their run as well as they had responded to ours.

You have to have a thick skin. Obviously, he wants us to be the best player we can be. ... He's not going to sugarcoat things for you. He's going to tell you the truth. It's not always easy to hear the truth.

North Carolina really did a great job on J.J., doing more than really anybody else had running two or three guys at him every time he had the ball. We knew teams were going to see that and everybody was going to try to do that, so we concentrated on trying to play off of that better.

You don't want to be upset when you're in this position. You don't want to be someone else's party when you're in this position.

Nothing was falling, and I feel like I let my teammates down. It was a physical game, and they let a lot of things go and Temple did a good job in transition.

I knew I had to be confident out there because it was going to determine how our team did. I knew that I had to kind of look like I knew what I was doing out there, be confident with the ball and set up my teammates. I was comfortable out there.... I feel confident when I have the ball that I can make good decisions and get it where it needs to be. Growing up, I always worked on it. I always had a ball in my hands in games. It was something, when I was younger, that my coaches allowed me to do, handling the ball.

I don't know if my game is that much different, but I think the things I'm doing have gotten a lot better. I've gotten more confident and I think that's made me a better player overall.

I don't know ... it was something natural. It wasn't anything I thought about. But I'm not going to be playing point guard anytime soon.

You'd have to go a long way's back.