Tim Carter Quotations

We have a responsibility to protect (property owners') rights, ... our hands are tied.

If we could translate, I'm sure it would be bat profanity.

(Former North Carolina coach) Dean Smith said that any team can play one great basketball game once a year. It's about time for us to do that.

To come here to Miami and win this tournament is a great confidence builder for our young team.

There are so many things that can go wrong and so many hidden costs.

Our freshmen are going to have to learn to play in situations like that. I wanted to give them a chance to fight, scratch and claw their way back into it.

Our players were in study hall (during the game), but I was sure paying attention. I had my laptop on (checking scoring updates) for an hour and 45 minutes.

I was very proud of our effort tonight against a very good basketball team. We made a run at them but they withstood like a veteran team does. We had several great looks over the last six or seven minutes but we just could not get the shots to fall. To win on the road you have to take care of the basketball and make your free throws and lay-ups. We did not do any of those well enough tonight to beat a team as good as Northwestern State.

I was extremely impressed with our rebounding over the last two days.

We'll play well one game here or there, but we haven't shown the mental toughness to do it consistently. Time will tell, but I haven't seen it yet.

There have been thousands of dollars wasted in blueprints and plans because some neophyte developer hired an architect who spent tons of time and money drawing up plans (that were ultimately rejected).

This year was probably a little more frustrating, because I felt like we showed signs from time to time that we were going to have a chance to have a good year. To show the signs, but still be up and down, is the most frustrating thing.

Without zoning approval, you're toast. That's the first thing you have to look at.

You have to have deep pockets and you better have experience. I don't want to extinguish anyone's entrepreneurial spirit, but you should really start small.

Dwain just hasn't progressed the way we thought we would. But at 6-10 ... oh, boy, we really could have used him.

That's what we wanted. We played the full 40 minutes tonight.

Ask him who was the best client he ever worked for and why and who was the worst and why, ... Your profile might match that description (indicating the arrangement might not work out.)

I told the guys we could walk away from this one with our heads held high.

It's the old real estate mantra: location, location, location.

They competed at a higher level than we did. Anytime we'd make a run, they'd be there to stop it. That's the sign of an experienced team.

I know if we can do a good job recruiting, and get a few more pieces, we can be back there (in the tournament). I really believe that.

These are good people to talk to. They are down there in the trenches and they deal with who lives there every day.

You don't have to be a construction expert. But you do need a reasonable level of education to know if the job is being done right.

The Day of Silence is a peaceful way of bringing attention to this issue.