Tyrus Thomas Quotations

We were in the double bonus, so the objective was to get fouled. But I saw an open lane, so I took it. And I just scored the ball.

Duke's a team that everyone either wants to play for or against. And tonight we showed good character against a crowd that really wasn't with us, and we won. And it feels good to beat Duke. But we have to get ready for the next game.

Duke is a team everyone either wants to play for or play against. And tonight we showed good character by going down and then coming back against a crowd that really wasn't with us.

I didn't realize that I was so close to a triple-double until I got to the media room. I had no idea I had nine blocks.

We knew we couldn't let them get a shot off. Because chances are ... I'm not sure of the statistics, but in March, the chances of shots going in must be greater. In March, people hit shots from half court, from the 3-point line, from everywhere. We weren't going to let that happen. And with 3.9 seconds, they had enough time, but not against our defense.

He's just a big, jolly Glen. I mean, whenever you're down or frustrated, you can count on him to be just Glen. He's the life of the team. He's the team clown. He's amazing.

He's just a big, jolly ... Glen. He's the life of the team.

Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.

Garrett loves to play defense. Really. He loves it. We're at practice and the rest of us want to run and shoot. Not Garrett. He's always watching film to be better at defense.

Everybody's going to play bad. I was a little frustrated and aggravated. My first shot got blocked and I hadn't had that happen all year. The team kept motivating me and picking me up.