Shan Foster Quotations

With the makeup of our team, we've figured we can push the ball a little bit and get some easy buckets in transition. Coach (Kevin Stallings) has pretty much given us the freedom to do so.

My eyes have been bad the past two and a half years, but I don't like doctors. I'm a afraid of them. I finally went last week and they gave me some contacts. It's amazing. I can see street signs, but I can't make a 3-pointer now.

He offered me a chance to come and play there if I wanted. He recruited me a little, but I told them that I had already decided to go to Vanderbilt.

Last year, it kind of bothered me a little bit. Now I've gotten used to it. It just adds a little intensity, a little more to the game.

I was very startled. I heard about it when I was in class, actually. It was kind of hard to believe. There are a lot of things that have happened in the past and things that are going on right now that take a toll on a person's mind. It's hard. I personally have a lot of things going on with me that I don't share with a lot of people.

We just couldn't get into our offense. We just did a poor job of executing.

We are not going to quit. We don't worry about the other things. We're going to go out there and lay our hearts on the line.

We want to be able to write our own end to this season. As long as we have room to breathe, we're going to keep fighting.

We've been a day late and a dollar short too many times. We have to work on finishing out games.

We should have come out with a greater defensive intensity. We allowed them to get lay-ups and open shots and things of that sort. When you let teams get their heads up, they're going to knock down shots.

It says a lot about our heart and determination.

It's going to be hard. Mario is one of the guys we look to for leadership. It's definitely going to be hard for us sometimes from an emotional standpoint. He's one of us. He's one of our brothers.

It's amazing; I can read street signs but I can't make a 3-pointer.

They were playing me pretty tight. I knew once I gave them a shot fake or tried to get in the lane a little bit, I'd be able to make some things happen. It turned out great for our team.

I kept looking up and we'd be down by seven, and somebody would hit a shot and we would be down by four. It seemed like that kept happening again and again.

I'm just trying to let (a pro future) fall where it may. I work hard and work on my game and try to go out there every night and get better. Hopefully, everyone else will see what I can do.

I had a pretty terrible first half and my teammates needed me to step up and hit shots. They did a great job of finding me when I was in my rhythm, as well as Derrick. We were able to knock down some shots and got a win.

I'm hard on myself over missing open shots and free throws. That was a hard pill to swallow.

The main thing (we were thinking in the first half) was that we could beat them and that they weren't better than us. But in the second half they took us out of our offense and we didn't react well to it.

You won't win a jumping contest against them.