Chris Ellis Quotations | Page 2

It's kind of like tough love, like you do with your child. You've got to bring them along slowly, and at the same time, pick them up every time and let them know things are going to be all right. I don't think they're going to see a lot of defenses as fast and as together as we are, so we're giving them their best look everyday. And when you see the best look everyday, that makes Saturdays that much easier.

He was a superior athlete in the rec league. He was a superior athlete in high school. And he'll be a superior athlete here. You know how pilots like to fly and doctors like to save people's lives? Well, Xavier likes to play football.

I think losing all those games humbled us. But winning these two makes us understand where we can go as a team. Already, we've gone from zeroes to bracket-busters.

Coach (Skip Prosser) tells me not to hesitate, he tells me just to let it ride. That was a momentum-changer for us.

Even after this wave of retail comes on line, there will still be significant demand for retail in Austin. But it's unlikely you'll see this much space coming on line within such a compact period of time in the future.

I'll read things like what your mom's name is, where you were born, ... Anything that could help me get ahead on something you think I might not know, like how many sisters or brothers you've got. ... Any way I can take away your manhood, that's what I'm going for out there.

I'll look for anything I can find wrong with their game. I'll look for any way I can to get in their head. That goes for the quarterback, the center or somebody I'm not even going up against on the field.

Out here, we all have something in common. Now I'll be here for our senior season.

Those possessions we contested (shots), everybody blocked out and that led to our run. When you stop a team and they're taking contested jumpers, that frustrates them into making other decisions.

We went from zero to ACC Tournament bracket-buster.