Taurean Green Quotations

We've been in those situations we've lost at the end of games. We've turned it over or made a bad play. I just think it shows that we've grown up.

Lee just opens up everything for everybody else when he's on.

My dad brought me back a t-shirt one year.

He was unbelievable; he's been there all year, but all this just goes to prove what we started at the beginning of the season. I even told my dad before the season started that we would do special things because we would play team basketball.

We try to entertain ourselves. We watch some film and eat. We've got the routine down now.

We're on a mission right now and we know we have four more games to get where we want to get. But we're just trying to take it one game at a time. I think we're seizing every moment we're on the court, making the best of it.

We've faced a lot of good teams. But this team starts four guards, and I think this team has the best guard lineup we have ever played against. We're just looking forward to the opportunity, and we'll be ready to play tomorrow.

He's been like a second father to me, both in the recruiting process and from the moment I stepped on campus. I can go to him and talk to him about anything in life and I know he'll give me honest feedback and help me move down the right path.

He laid the ball in and then grabbed the rim.

Jo thinks he runs things, but he doesn't. It's probably up for grabs. It's a toss-up, depending on what day it is.

I think it can turn a game. I think it lifts our team up.

Just having somebody that played the game and coached the game, it helps to hear his opinion.

Our front court guys have been playing great as of late, but teams are going to start to key on them. When they get doubled, the guards are going to have to knock down some shots.

It didn't really matter who we played. We don't see it as revenge from last year; we don't see it as payback because this year's team is a different team. They're a different team. We do different stuff, they do different stuff.

We don't even feel we're the favorite. With all this hype going around we feel we're the underdog. We still have something to prove.

We've got the bull's-eye on our back right now.

We have to play a year older than what we really are.

We just didn't come out with the right focus. We didn't come out with any energy or anything. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to what we're capable. . . . They just wanted it more than us.

We were sort of against the ropes a little bit, but we made some big baskets going into halftime and boosted the lead up.

We didn't come out with the right focus or any energy. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to where we're capable of playing. They beat us to every loose ball. They wanted it more.

We are not finished yet. We are still on a mission.

When they block shots, when they get a dunk and when they just do what they do, it fires the whole team up. Just doing what they do, I think it can turn a game. I think it lifts our team.

We're not finished. We've got a lot of work to do yet. We're on a mission. We've got four more games to get.

We still feel that we're the underdogs. And we have something to prove to everybody still.

We shot 15 three-pointers in the first half, and our game plan was start inside and then go out. In the second half we did a good job of getting the ball inside and our big guys did a good job of getting it outside.

We knew we had to get in the lane and make plays for each other. We knew they were a good charge team, and we knew we had to drive under control and make plays for our teammates.

We're all disappointed we lost, but it's only one game. You just have move on. We have a whole lot of games ahead of us.

This whole team should be the MVP. Everybody stepped up big for us (this weekend) and it was a total team effort.

Every time Lee shoots, I think it's going in. He's just that good of a shooter.

You can't do anything about that. Most of his shots were tough shots with hands in his face.

Those three threes were big. Just opened the game up.

Those three threes that (Humphrey) hit were big. Just opened up the game.

Those threes that he hit were big. They just opened the game up.

We try not to leave everybody out. If he wanted to be a member of the sophomore class, we'd be glad to take him.

We just talked about the things we needed to do to get back to the way we were playing. And then we started doing them again.

We weren't nervous in the final minutes. We were on edge.

Corey got called for a couple of cheap ones. But that's just something you've got to play through.

So they couldn't come in and say they wanted to play us again.

Defensively, we had to rebound, stop penetration and prevent them from getting easy looks at the basket.

Coach kind of got upset that we didn't listen to him. We can't let half our shots be threes in the first half.

They responded great. We knew they were going to have come in and help us. That's why they practice with us every day. We have confidence in them.

They knocked down threes. That was the key to the game. We were bad in transition and they knocked down threes.

They physically killed us. They got every rebound, every loose ball.

They physically killed us last year. They got every rebound, they got every loose ball. The way they defend, they take people out of their offense, and that's what they're going to try to do to us.

It's a relief not to have to answer any more of those questions. It got old.

It was disturbing. We didn't want to lose. They played a good game, but we're just going to have to stop them in transition and cut down on turnovers.

It is relieving we don't have to answer any more of those questions. That's the only thing I'll say about that. It got old.

It's a physical drill. I think it's done a great job preparing those guys for our games.

I tried to set a screen on him. He knocked the wind out of me. His butt hit me in my stomach. Luckily there was a short pause in the game, the shot clock wasn't working or something. So I somehow managed to get my breath back.

Everybody had us in the NIT. We wanted to prove ourselves. After that tournament, everybody bought into the fact we could be a special team.

That's the equalizer in college basketball. If you defend the 3-point line, you are going to have a good chance of winning any night.

Everybody is going to have to step up. The bench is going to have to step up.

Everybody on every team is beat-up physically. Now it's about the mind. Who wants it more?

It's important. Every game counts now in SEC, especially home games, because we have the fans behind us and we'll be at home. We just want to win all the home games we can.

It just seemed like they were getting every call. Even the crowd was working the refs. But you've just got to play through it. If you're not getting the calls, you've got to adjust to the officials.

After that (Alabama) game we had a team meeting. I think everybody looked at themselves and everybody bought into what will win games. I think we've done a good job listening to coaches and just going out and executing the game plan and just playing smart.

That's every team's dream, to get to the Final Four and win the national championship. Just the excitement, the atmosphere. That's what you play college basketball for.

That's every player's dream, to get to the Final Four. That's what you play college basketball for. We have an opportunity to get there, but we have to play a good team first.

Honestly, I didn't. He's probably the most-improved player in America. He just has so much heart and wants to win so bad.

He said this is how he wanted us to play.

All good stories have to come to an end. George Mason is a good team but we came here with a mission to win a national championship.

All the talk was about Anthony, Matt and David leaving. Those three are great players, but we have a bunch of good players that returned. We just wanted to prove to everybody that we can play.

Last night I was struggling with a stomach ache, but [the trainer] gave me some medicine, an IV and I felt good out there today.

I was struggling man. I had a stomach ache. I was throwing up, I was just feeling bad. I couldn't sleep.

We don't see it as revenge or payback. This year's team is a different team.