Chris Quinn Quotations

When we have those eight guys playing their roles, we can be a great team.

We know we're capable of playing with anybody. We've just got to show it.

My family's always instilled that in me, just having integrity. There's been a lot of tough times throughout this year, throughout my career, but it's important to stick with it and keep battling.

I don't consider them to be freshmen anymore. They've played in a lot of big games for us so far. We're in our tenth game of the season, and those guys are almost veterans already.

I feel good. I'm ready to play some more. We've got no time to be tired, because we're going to New York. The way we did it might have been a little unorthodox, but we scrapped our way to it.

I found myself getting choked up a little bit. Seeing all the fans, seeing everything I've been through for four years just going through my head.

I got a good look. I think I should have made that shot.

What'd we lose, five in a row? In all my life, I don't think I've ever been on a team that lost five in a row, so just to get the winning taste back in my mouth is good.

We've got to stay positive. We battled. We gave ourselves a chance to win at the end.

He's been through a lot of big-time games here. The minute he took that shot, I knew it was going in. He's one of those players that no matter what type of shot he takes, you think it's going in.

He's got that typical Jersey mentality. People may think he's a little obnoxious, but that's how he is. He's going to tell you what he thinks and that's a good thing. He'll tell me what he thinks and I'll tell him right back.

The Oxford English Dictionary definition is a sexual deviant, especially a child molester.

I think we had some possessions there, both defensively and offensively after we were up five, and we didn't get the job done. To beat a team like Marquette, you have to be good in those situations.

I was able to get in there and squeeze down some rebounds as well. I'm just happy I can help my team any way I can. I was just able to find guys on my team in good spots.

Road games are very important to us. We've got to be a together group; we've got to be a tougher group.

I thought I played pretty well and hopefully other people thought that too.

Man, I was in there squeezing some boards down. We talked a lot at halftime to keep pushing it and keep getting better.

We're a good team. We just have to get over the hump.

We never gave up. We came back and played better in the second half, fought hard and almost won.

Those are the four guys we're counting on to score for us. We're returning four guys with averages in the 70s, and that's key in golf. Definitely, we're going to be counting on those four guys to score for us -- night in and night out.

We pay attention a little bit. I'm rooting for our Big East guys. For every game we keep winning there are less and less teams playing. The longer we can play, the better.

We're not pleased with the final result, but with the inexperience we had we think it was a very successful year. It was the most fun we've ever had coaching a team, and next year we should be much improved.

We wanted to focus on the defensive end of the floor. When you hold a team to 49 points, that's always pretty good. The thing we really talked about at halftime was even though we were up 12, in past games, the 12 went to 10 and 8, and we let those teams hang around. We wanted to push that 12-point lead to 15 and 18, and concentrate on attacking.

We were pretty soft. We were not the team we had been in some of the games where we were battling. It was time for us to reevaluate ourselves and pick the energy up.

Every game's huge for us. But with a top-10 team coming in here, this one carries a lot of weight.

I wanted the ball in my hands to make a big play and it ended up costing us.

Some earlier games this year, we might have folded. But we stuck together, hit free throws down the stretch.

That was a big win for us. Every night in the Big East is a battle.

That's what we need Russell to do out there. We know he's capable of doing it, and it worked out great for us, especially in that stretch.

That must have been one of the strangest minutes of all time ... that there was no attempt by Mr. A to remove himself from the vicinity of a naked man with an erect penis.

A lot of teams at this point in the season are hanging up their sneakers and we get the opportunity to keep playing. For a lot of us, it's a game we love to play so the NIT is a great opportunity to have some fun.

They got up in us, made us do things we didn't want to do. They forced us into some tough shots.

They're a team that at one point during the season was hurt by some injuries and if not for those injuries, they'd probably be in the NCAA tournament right now.

They're always very strong, and it'll be good to see how we do.

It's just good to get a win in the Big East. It's not where we want to be, but it's good to sit in this locker room after a win.

It was a surprise to us to see something like a boat blowing across the road because we didn't really see much wind here. But when we saw that trampoline coming across the lot, we knew it was pretty strong wind.

It's a business now. It's a lot different.

It reminds me of going to the Nike-type camps in high school where everybody's trying to get picked up by colleges. The competition was tremendous and there's a lot of pressure on you.

It's a long season. It's important to stay grounded through the highs and the lows.

It's almost funny to see that kind of shot go in against us and end my career. I wish it didn't go in, but credit goes to him. He made a great shot.

It's totally different for everybody. People are everywhere. A majority of them aren't even going to the games.

I hope the guys coming back, that this helps them in the future.

I'm very confident in myself and Rob stepping up and knocking them down. We're a team that has guys that can shoot the ball, so the free-throw line should definitely be a weapon for us.

In a lot of ways, our teams are similar.

I hope our fans come out and support us, but if they don't, we're going to get ready to play Wednesday.

In the Scouts, we learn a lot about construction. The entire troop will probably help out because we usually pitch in on one another's projects. Even the Scout graduates come in if we need them.

Got cracked in the jaw a little bit. That's the price you pay.