Geary Claxton Quotations

We didn't want anything to happen like the previous two games we played in the second half. So we came out with a lot of energy because we worked real hard over these last two practices.

We're just thinking about Northwestern right now, taking it a game at a time. When that situation comes, we'll focus on that.

We're looking forward to Ohio State and these next few days we're going to have to just work hard in practice. We have to get ready for that.

He's always talking, he's always an active person on the court. Since day one, since we've been playing together he's always been talking.

Part of this is like history. And it's something you cherish for the rest of your life.

Matching up with somebody different this time is going to be interesting. We really don't know what they're gonna do and they really don't know what we're gonna do.

We had fun out there, and it showed on the scoreboard.

We wanted to make something special for Travis, him being the lone senior and everything, and this is his day. We just wanted to come out and give it all we had.

Tonight I was into it. I've been getting into it, trying to hype up the team.

We just showed heart, going out there and showing that we can compete with any team in the country.

You gotta use your body in this game. I just try to take advantage of everything I can.

Coach really got on us about the second half.

It's a rough league. You have to keep your heads in it and just play your game. We have to work as a team to get through it.

It made them shoot long-range shots, and they were hitting them in the beginning of the game and later on they were missing.

Everybody was hoping that the hard work would pay off. We just wanted to make an improvement from last year.

The intensity was there. We came out with a lot of energy in the first half. We're gonna wear down a little bit.

I'm not even sure why I got that one.

If you've got that energy, you can do anything, basically. We're just going to try to do that from here on out.

I felt that I didn't need to go to prep school, and I didn't feel like doing another year of school, so I just went with my best option.