Carl Krauser Quotations

The other teams I played on were more keyed in on defense. The defense was going to bring our offense and that was it. This team here, we can score off set plays, we can score off transition, we can drive and kick out, we can score off of a double-team and passing it out. We have a lot of weapons to play with. We're just using them out there and it's helping us score points.

We have to get back to playing Pitt basketball.

Oh, yeah, I will, for sure. This won't get me down. You know that. I'll keep shooting and keep trying to make plays for my teammates.

I don't think we have anything to be too worried about.

James is their point guard. He's their leader.

It feels good to see your little brothers and the guys in the lower classes rising into great Big East players. I told ... those guys that I was proud of the way they're stepping up. I'm proud of my team, period.

I think he's the best point guard ever to play here at Pitt. That's my man.

It definitely is important. No one wants to play four nights in a row in the tough Big East. It's almost like playing in the NBA when you're playing against good teams night in and night out. It would be nice to have fresh legs for those games.

We came out and we out-toughed them. We're still undefeated, and we're just going to try to get a win on Wednesday (at Rutgers).

We didn't play Pitt basketball. We tried to come back and we tried to battle and everything. Those guys did a great job of maintaining the lead and getting the win today.

When you have a deep bench like we have, it's kind of hard to play against us. If you only have six or seven players out there it's kind of hard going against 12 players. All 12 guys can play and do everything the starters do. They come with great energy and compete so hard. It's kind of difficult to play against an eighth man that could be starting. That's a different look we have this year. That's the type of look that's going to help us have a good run this year.

We have a couple levels that we haven't reached yet. We haven't played our best game yet. It's still to come.

We have to compete as hard as we can. It's going to definitely be a good test for us and it's going to be a great game.

I wanted to come back. I didn't meet all my goals. I wanted to come back and help these young guys. I felt I could come back and give these guys a lift. I didn't want to see a rebuilding year. I wanted to see a year where these guys learned. I wanted to be a leader. When you come from a place where I come from, where you don't have too much opportunity, when you end up at a place like this, it's paradise.

No one wants to lose two in a row. It shows you how important it is to play with team unity and to believe in your teammates. After a rough loss on the road, we came out and played together. We have guys who love playing together.

They sped us up a little more in the second half. We were in a comfort groove. We've just got to do a better job of taking care of the ball and not turning it over.

It was a tough night for Aaron and me. We were both off. That can't happen, not at this time of year. Your stars have to be stars. Aaron and I are definitely the stars on this team. This can't happen again. We have to step it up. I'm sure we will.

It was a rough shooting night. I rushed a lot of shots.

It's a real big game. It means a lot to us to go out there and try to get a win on the road. We really have to stick together.

Everyone knows Syracuse is going to play the 2-3 zone. No one really sees their man-to-man. When we see a team that doesn't play a lot of man-to-man playing man-to-man, our eyes light up.

It's amazing what you can do when you have a dominant 7-footer.

They honored me on the big screen, so I thought it would be good to come down and get that shot.

I'm just glad we have the opportunity to learn from this now and not down the road. It's not a good time to get a loss, but it's a reasonable time.

I had no idea I had a career high until the game was over. It was just another game for me. I was just trying to help my teammates and to go out and compete as hard as I could. It's especially meaningful to get it in a Big East game, though.

I had no idea I had 32. I just went out and played the game. Without Aaron (scoring), it's something different for us and we had to look to go with something else.

I just seen him hit the floor, cover his eye and holding it. I thought I hit him in his head because my finger is kind of swollen.

I can't believe it's my last game. Once they call my name and I walk out with my family members, it's going to be real emotional. I'm not going to cry, but I'm going to be happy to have made it this far.

The key in the game today was our turnovers. We did everything necessary except for maintaining our composure and taking care of the ball like we have in the past couple games.