Travis Williams Quotations

We are going to have to stop the run. Our coaches have stressed that all year. So we are just going to have to establish the line of scrimmage and stop the run.

McFadden, he's got the ability to take it to the house every time he touches it. He's a 4.3 guy. He can really, really move. I was watching Alabama. He took it 70 yards. Alabama was hitting him, hitting him, hitting; next thing you know, he's going 70 yards down the field. They trade a lot of backs so they can keep fresh and keep pounding you.

I was telling them that the game is not over. They showed the desire not to give up.

We've got to keep them off the boards. They're good at crashing the boards for second and third shot attempts. So we've got to keep them off the offensive glass, and we also have to minimize our turnovers.

It can happen, you have to believe in yourself. They have to play together, trust in your teammates. When everybody is on the same page, success is bound to happen.

My photo was on the front of every paper. But when I got home, no one had a clue. No one pays attention to (the war) anymore.

I think I've done pretty well, but I need to show what I can do. I'm just trying to run through the ball and make a good impression.

We have to make better decisions on offense and defense. The team committed entirely too many unforced turnovers. But I'll take a win in any fashion. It was a gritty, hard-fought game.

We've been focused on Wisconsin. It's just great to get to Orlando and get great weather.

We pride ourselves on stopping the ball. They've got a lot of pride in running the ball. They'll run the ball on third-and-7. It doesn't matter how many guys you've got in the box, they're going to try you. Their whole thing is 'We're tougher than you.' It's going to be one of those games we've got to bring our hard hat.

We shot in the 30 percent range the last two games. We are trying to get more people involved in what we are trying to do offensively and tonight it helped.

We just kind of came out and jumped on them pretty fast and just overwhelmed their offensive line and quarterback.

We weren't doing anything different from last year. The defenses that were called were good enough to beat the offenses that were called, but there would be 10 guys doing it right and one guy doing it wrong. It's disappointing, but I've said all along that talent doesn't mean you are good. You have to have 11 guys playing together.

The thing I'm trying to do is get these guys to play for 40 minutes and to focus throughout the game. I'm trying to get them to believe in themselves. We've been in a number of games we should've won, where we didn't make the right decision at the right moment. The regular season is over, the tournament is what matters. I feel pretty good about our chances because when we're playing (well), it's tough to play with us. The way we're playing, we can play with anybody.

I wanted to come someplace where I thought we would win and a place that I thought had a good program.

Decision-making. And we had defensive lapses that gave them shots to get back in it.

They tested him every week. And he was always up for the challenge. It was like that with him from Day One here, and everybody here knew he was going to be a great player just from his confidence and competitiveness.

You can't look ahead because you're playing a tough Miles team. They've beat some teams that we haven't. Any given night, anything can happen. We just have to stay focused and play each game like it was our last.

As seniors, we're not going to judge our whole career off one game. We had pretty good careers.

It was so long, but that's all right. You can't fault them for wanting to know as much as they can.

I told them when we went into the locker room they were going to have to play better or we could lose this game. We had to come out here after this long lay off after the regular season and put up the kind of defense we always try to. And that worked out for us in the second half.

It's frustrating. We beat ourselves. That's basically what happened. It's been awhile since we lost, but we are taking the same approach we took last year: Let the last game go and get ready for the next one.

It was great to see the guys fly around and show that they were focused on Wisconsin after the break.

I know that we're looking forward to what could possibly happen, especially after last season, and this game, this complete game, showed what kind of players we have on our team.

If you can make it work in a way it doesn't endanger property or people, it makes a lot of sense. If this is successful, there's no reason it couldn't be done elsewhere.

I honestly can't tell you the last time I went to see a doctor. When I get sick, it's usually just a cold, and I'm over it in a day or two.

Being careless (with the ball) and bad decisions is what happened in the last game and early tonight. The guys have to understand that they have to value the basketball and protect it. Hopefully we can continue to make progress in that area because it is crucial to be able to value each possession.

Georgia Tech is a top 10 defense and didn't show up. We've got to come ready to play. We're not going to overlook Wisconsin.