Ronny Turiaf Quotations

My expectation is to practice hard. I'm back to being a freshman in college. I'll make those guys' life a little bit tough in practice. I want to go out there and do the dirty work.

Right now it's just times 100. You play for the best organization and you play with great guys that make spectacular plays.

I feel good when I'm running. I look good on film as far as where I'm supposed to be within the system. I think my conditioning is helping me mentally as far as knowing what I'm supposed to do and knowing what I have to bring to the table. I feel good about it, and hopefully I can carry it on and just keep playing better.

I feel good. I am just trying to work hard, stay in shape, and I cannot wait until I feel like I did before.

He should go pro; I hope he does. There's nothing else he has to do right now in college. He's done everything he could. He has a chance to be a top-five pick; why stay in college? I don't know, it's his decision.

He's awesome. First and foremost, he's a great person and a great teammate. He's very supportive when I get down on myself. (All of our veterans) have been successful professionals for a long time. I tell you, even if you had success in college, you have to listen to them.

I think I'm like the Chad Johnson of basketball.

That was a little bump in the road.

My body was asking me to play basketball, but for now I don't run and I don't shoot,

Why not? I have energy. I'm not going to play a 48-minute game. So I've got to expend some energy and burn some calories.

To see them caring so much about what I was going through, that's what helped keep me going.

We don't really care about the seeding. We're just trying to play hard, ... We just try to look at ourselves and don't worry about the seed we've got. We're focused on ourselves and what we can do, who we are.

It was hell, the toughest thing in my life. My rib was cracked open, I could not play basketball; I could not do anything by myself for months.

I'm feeling great. I'm feeling fantastic. I'm alive, ... I'm working out every day. I'm just doing everything I can to be on the basketball court, so I'm doing good.

But I am confident and determined to show everyone that a player can come back from a heart operation. I will play basketball again.