Mardy Collins
Mardy Collins
Maurice Rodney "Mardy" Collinsis an American professional basketball player for PBC Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. He completed his college basketball career at Temple University, and was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 29th pick of the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft. Collins played for the Knicks for two seasons and then played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2008 to 2010. Since 2011, Collins has played in various international leagues...
credit defensive far played supposed terrific
I give a lot of credit to Fordham. They played a terrific defensive game. But as far as our effort, it?s not where it?s supposed to be going into a do-or-die situation.
game needed supposed win
I just said we needed this game. If we win this game, do what we're supposed to do, then this game can get us into the tournament.
attention focused guys left open underneath
I think we focused too much attention on J.J. and we left guys open underneath the basket.
care familiar guy guys work
I think we need a guy that's familiar with the Philadelphia area. We need someone who's going to make these guys work hard. As long as he does that, I really don't care who that is.
biggest coach since win
I think it's the biggest win I've had since I've been here. We did everything I think Coach wanted us to do.
came game guy injury kept last serious weight weird
My whole career, I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a game and the last game of my career, to come down like that, was a weird feeling. I kind of stumbled on my way down and a guy came down on my neck, all his weight came right down on my neck.
definitely die five hit rumor thankful
It hasn't hit us yet. We're definitely surprised. Every year, there's a new rumor that he's going to leave, but we thought it would die down, just like always. It's sad. But I'm thankful I got to play for him for five years.
duke time tough
I think Duke would have a tough time with Villanova.
continue defense easy game goal good hold overall played second
Our goal this game was to hold them under 40. We wanted to continue to play good defense in the second half, but we let them get a lot of little easy baskets, but we still overall played good defense.
act class expected men treated
He treated us like men and expected us to act that way, too. It was like we had class before we had to go to class.
carry life meant taught
He taught me how to carry myself. He taught me how to do the little things in life to be successful. He taught me what it meant to be a man.
continued gone ourselves talk tank took ways
We could have gone two ways after that we could have gone in the tank and continued to play sub par. But we took it upon ourselves to talk to each other and try to come out and play better.
egg goose lay
To go up there the way we did and lay a goose egg like we did up there, it was horrible. We wanted to do it back.
incidents measure
Those little incidents don't measure up to the things he's done here at Temple.