Chris Richard Quotations

We didn't want to be a part of their movie. No Glory Road . We didn't want to be the team in the movie that gets upset by the good guys.

We won't be happy until we win it on Monday night, if we're fortunate enough to do that. If we win it, that's when we'll be able to say we're happy to be here.

I don't have to pinch myself. I knew we were going to have a good team from the beginning. It was only a surprise for you all. We knew about this last summer when we started practicing.

I don't have to pinch myself. I knew it was a good team from the beginning. It's just surprising to all of y'all.

For whatever reason, we seem to play the better teams tough. It seems that we match up well with teams that have systems compared to teams that are just running around.

I think it's a great chance (everyone will stay) because none of the people who have an opportunity to leave are really hurting financially. That helps us out a lot. Everybody might not love school, but we love the basketball part about it. Money isn't the issue for the people who have the chance to go.

I think it's kind of expected out of me to contribute. I haven't been doing that as much as I should be doing the past couple of games.

I think a lot of teams got the idea that they could run over us because of our past. That's not going to happen. We're a different group of guys.

I think they've played excellent. David stepped up big game in the Ole Miss game and Walter has been stepping up ever since he's been starting. To me, I can't really ask them for too much more. They are doing the best that I think they can do, as far as being freshmen and all. They don't really know a whole lot, they are just playing the best they can play. I think they're doing a great job.

Our goal is to increase the contribution of small businesses to the economy, and in doing so help reduce poverty and improve people's lives.

Our four big guys can run with guards. And we all know it, so when we go on a fast break, it's like a track meet with us running side by side down court.

I think I'm kind of cocky a little bit because I beat them last year and I'm 3-1 in the last four games against them.

I think he's one of the best free-throw shooters in the country. He never misses, so it's not the smartest thing in the world to do.

That was the plan for the whole game, but we just didn't do it. We tried, but they played good defense. Once we got it worked out, we kept going at it and going at it, so it finally worked.

You give yourself a little workout before you get into the game running to the scorer's table.

There's no guilt at all. Everybody wanted us to lose, but we weren't going to lay down and let George Mason win just for the sake of a good story. We weren't going to be like Glory Road. We didn't want to be the team in the movie that lost to the underdog.

This game will be a lot tougher. If we just play the defense like we played the last time, maybe a little harder, we should be OK.

A lot of point guards aren't used to a guy 6-foot-8, athletic like Corey, guarding them. It was great for us. They couldn't get anything going.

They have a strong front court, but they also have fast guards who can shoot the three and penetrate down the lane.

Everyone knows how good we are. We just haven't been playing to our potential a few times. A few times we let ourselves down. But I think we're a pretty good team when we do play.

Everybody was quiet. I don't know if the loud bunch of students graduated or what.

The Big East, the best conference in all of the land, won't be there. We've shown what we can do.

They just wanted us all to play a role; I don't think the coach wanted any of us to dominate. Mohamed and I were counted on to rebound, Lee to shoot threes and Ryan to run the team when he had to. I guess Ryan and Mohamed weren't happy in the position they were in.

If Peyton saw it he has to be proud of him. Lee played great and it was one of the best I've ever seen him play.

I don't think anybody's ready to leave yet. Everybody loves each other and we want to come back and try to repeat. We've proven that we're the best team in the country and we'll be the best team again coming into next year. We have a great chance to repeat.