Andre Quotations | Page 2

If I get that award, that's good, but I'm trying to get my team ready to make that run come state playoff time, ... I figure anybody can get it. It depends on how everybody plays. I think about getting it, but it's going to be a tough fight. There are other good players out there. Andre Stephens is my homeboy and there's David Booker, too. It's going to be tough getting it.

I can remember that like it was yesterday. It could have been 150. Andre didn't play any of the second half. Another big pill to swallow was having to play against a young David Klingler.

I began to recognize that I couldn't treat Andre Agassi the way I had treated other students, that he was like a wild horse, and I had to capitalize on his free spirit, not break it,

If defenses want to double Andre more, we have to make them pay.

You've got to be balanced. Obviously we wanted to get Andre going, but if you're not balanced, it's going to be tough.

Andre was saying I should give it to the women's locker room.

Andre was for a time fighting his own personal battles, whatever they were, and wasn't putting his whole heart into the tennis. The way I see it in his eyes, this is just frosting.

Andre understands our organizational hitting philosophy. He has worked with a number of our young players, as well as some veteran players that came up through the organization.

Andre, to me, is our guy. He makes us go. When he plays his 'A' game, we're a very tough team to beat. Andre has shown me he's a big-time point guard in this league. Can we do better than that or change it where we can be better, I don't know. But I think Andre can be part of the equation no matter what happens.

Andre really came to play tonight. He was all over the floor and played great defense. I think we fed off his energy.

Andre Nel has a stress fracture in his foot and is coming home on Friday.

Andre made the big block. He looked like he was going to foul the guy but he kept stretching out his arms. He blocked the shot and came away with the ball.

Andre kind of cruises through the regular season and then turns it on around this time. He'll probably get a No. 2 seed in the region, but he is fine with that.

Andre is unbelievable. He's really more of a scorer, but he's got point-guard instincts. We lost five or six games in a row with him as the shooting guard. Teams were doubling him because he was firing away. When we moved him back to point guard, it turned us on. Now he kind of hides from teams on offense, and we've won four out of five.

Andre is playing about how we expected him to play. We figured he'd be a double-digit scorer per game and run the offense well. That's what he's done.

Andre is our go-to guy because he can create his own shot. He's a very good player and he's only going to get better and better.

Andre is an extremely responsible person. But you've got to take care of your traffic tickets.

Andre is a hungry, driven young man who wants a team that plays with discipline and unselfishness. He wants what we have, and we want what he has.

Andre has gotten the better of (Robby). But Robby is a much smarter player now. I would like to think I might have taken something out of Andre's legs (Wednesday night).

Andre has gotten the better of (Robby), ... But Robby is a much smarter player now. I would like to think I might have taken something out of Andre's legs (Wednesday night).

Andre gets in foul trouble, wasn't able to play a lot of minutes, Johnny and Kyle come in and do a very nice job, and then Andre comes back in at the end of the game and defends Tracy (McGrady) extremely well.

Andre did something so many professional athletes never do. He grew up. He became a grown-up. It's been fun to watch, because we all saw him as the young guy, dripping with talent and earrings, and then through his slump and the love affairs. This is his 20th Open, and he is still the biggest draw without question.

Andre and the tournament are so interconnected. So it's emotional. It's emotional for him, and the tournament will miss him. It's sad for the sport, not just us.

Andre and I have always gotten along really well and pushed each other to be great players. He's made me a better player, and I hope I've done the same for him. We are obviously going against each other, but we have kept a really good friendship. This game is really not about proving anything to anyone except to yourself and your teammates. We are just trying to compete every game. It's a big opportunity not just for me, but our team. It's a huge rivalry and always a big game.

Pete and Andre McCarter n another high-powered scorer in high school n became the best pair of defensive players I ever had in the backcourt. They embraced those roles for the welfare of the whole team.