Rodney Carney Quotations

We're so talented, so deep, we may not have even scratched the surface of how much we can get done, what we're capable of.

We've never been like this. The guys, we're all happy with each other, and we love being around each other, to come to practice. I couldn't say that about us a couple of years ago.

No one really looked at me. I took it to heart. I worked hard in the gym. I came to Memphis, and I progressed. It's a great feeling looking back and saying, 'You all didn't want me. But now I'm in Memphis, and we're doing good.

I was reflecting on my whole career, reflecting on how we played so bad. It's hurtful not to be going home. I'll go home, but not the way I wanted to.

If we can win this, we'll be remembered forever. We can give people joy they'll have for the rest of their lives.

If we can sub four in and not miss a beat, that says something about our team. Once they are wearing down, they might have one or two new people. We can sub four more and keep the same intensity. That really wears teams down.

I couldn't live here. The real estate is too high.

Basically we knew we had to rebound. Once we hit the boards, that was a big difference in the game. We kicked it up. We got transition buckets.

He's a great defender, yeah, but I missed almost every shot I took.

Gonzaga and Duke are built so that they need them to score a ton of points. But with me, my team's so deep, I don't need to play 30, 35 minutes to win. I can play 25, maybe 20, and we'll still win.

He continues to run and run and gets his shot off so quick. It's crazy to stay with him. J.J. is constantly running off screens. I guarded them both. Both of them should be player of the year.

He coaches every single play, and you're going to have to do it, even if we're up 35 or 40. If you're out there playing around, and not really intense, he's going to sub you. You don't want to get subbed. You want to be out there and play.

We needed easy buckets and he got them. He threw the ball to me on a couple dunks and got us started. That's how we got the rout.

That's what I bring to the team - spurts, runs like that.

We have a great team, we continue to play well and continue to take advantage. It's been a dream season. Hopefully we can finish it off.

We can't look at it that way. To play those teams, we first have to take care of business in Dallas.

We've concentrated on getting better as a team, getting the chemistry better. As the season progressed, we became a better team.

We love each other. We're looking forward to playing with each other. The chemistry is great, and it's better than it's ever been.

Both of us, you know, we came from a long way throughout the season. Now we're both great teams.

Even though their height wasn't 6-9, 6-7, they played hard. Their guards shot the ball well and they got the big men the ball. They're a good all-around team.

Every game, you've got to focus. We watch games and see the intensity. We've seen upsets. Having the extra day to watch, that prepared us better for what we had to go through. We prepared and came away with a great win.

At this point in the year, I'm really in a groove. I'm coming out playing great defense and knocking down easy shots. We're so talented and so deep that we don't know if that's the best we can play. We might have just scratched the surface.

Early, they came out with great intensity, and they really put us in the hole. I knew things would calm down, and we would come back like we always do.

There's so much pressure on them to score that they should be co-players of the year.

The transition from last year has been a real fun time. We hope we can continue this season.

I've never been on a team like this one before. If I were coaching against our team, I'd be kind of a little bit scared.

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

That game's completely behind us. What we took from that game is that we're not invincible.

This is a dream senior year for any college player. I thought about the NBA, but I wanted to win and I wanted to improve on where I left off as a junior.

They're not freshmen out there. They've really played wonderful. I take my hat off to them.

It's kind of hectic. You really have to slow down and look for your teammates. You can't be out of control out there. If you are out of control, they are going to strip the ball from you, steal it and take charges.

No, because we always had something going on.

Talent prevails in those situations. We're more physical and we're more talented and that's when we can use it to our advantage.

It's very hard. You see the score and you want to slack up. But you can't because Cal is on the sideline getting after you. He wants the intensity up at all times. I can see why, but it's pretty hard to stay focused.

They were playing off him. They didn't know he can shoot.

It's real hurtful right now. I'm going back home anyway, but not in the Final Four, not in the way I wanted to go.

I like the open court and I like to drive to the hole and dunk on people. This style of play really helps me do that.

The chemistry is here. I hope we continue this because it's been a really fun season.

All the analysts said we'd be the first No. 1 seed out. We've got a long way to go and we can't worry about that. We have to get ready to play.