Brian Thornton Quotations
Brian Thornton Quotes about:
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Ankle Quotes
I don't feel in any way this is a career-threatening situation. I'm looking forward to attacking the rehab in the same way I prepared myself for this season. ... I'm a guy who has a lot of things going for me, whether it's on or off the basketball court. I know basketball is something I want to pursue in the near future. I don't think I'll have a problem being able to do that when my ankle is healed.
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Attacking Quotes
I don't feel in any way that this is a career threatening situation. I'm looking forward to attacking the rehab in the same way I prepared myself for the season. ... Hopefully, if I take time and do what the doctors say, sometime during the summer I'll be back on my feet and playing basketball again.
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Basketball Quotes
We had kind of gotten away from the basketball we had been playing in the past, and a couple 6 a.m. practices refocused us and got us ready. When you have these (school) assignments, you can't get to bed early. But it was worth it. If that's what we need to do to work and get better, that's what we have to do.
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Ball Quotes
We wanted to go out and focus on rebounding. It's been our Achilles' heel so far this season. This was a trap game for us, where if we didn't go out and rebound the ball well, we could be in a world of trouble. They still rebounded the ball well, but collectively, we kept them off when it came crunch time.
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Ability Quotes
Those gave us opportunities to understand what it's like to play in those types of environments. . . . A lot of games throughout the course of the conference season . . . are going to come down to the final four minutes of the game. Having the ability to finish and close the deal is going to be very important to our ability to be successful in the conference season.
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Bad Quotes
It was a scramble situation. I picked up the ball and they had a guy on their team diving for the ball, and he hit my leg, and that was pretty much the end of it. It really didn't hurt as bad as I would have expected. ... As the situation stood, I felt it and heard it, so I pretty much immediately knew I was done for the year.
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Happened Quotes
It's been hard. To have my senior year end like this is obviously pretty disappointing. At the same time, I wanted to be up here today and be here with the guys. ... It's an unlucky break. It's unfortunate, but things happen. Everything happens for a reason. I'm looking for the reason why this happened to me.
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Conference Quotes
There's three undefeated teams in the nation right now. And I doubt that any of them will finish the season undefeated. Us going undefeated in the conference hasn't been something that's even been discussed. Obviously, that would be a great accomplishment. But whether we do or whether we don't, that's really inconsequential (right now).
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Coach Quotes
I'm just trying to play hard. This time last year, I was injured. It feels good to be healthy, and I'm just trying to give it my all. Coach Miller has expressed the fact that the team in general and the coaching staff has gotten us to January, and it's kind of on the seniors to get us to March. I'm trying to take a little extra on my back.