Graham Brown Quotations

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.

I wanted to be a pilot. I loved flying and I loved all the technology and the equipment and the sense of adventure that came with it. I think that feeling still bleeds over into everything I do today.

And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story.

Writing itself is a dream. There are days of self doubt and deadlines and wondering how you're going to pay the bills until you write that bestseller. But it's still the best job I've ever had. I've also been able to help a lot of people and even inspire a few and that feels great.

Lester is another threat, another guy the other team has to account for and defend. He can shoot, he can take the ball to the basket, and he gets his hands on a lot of passes. We struggled without him.

I have never beat these guys in the four years since I've been here.

He came in here a little fired up trying to get us going. He knew they were giving it to us on the glass and scoring transition points. We knew if we got back on defense, they couldn't get that many good looks and that really helped us out.

He was phenomenal. Without him, we wouldn't have been anywhere near them. Tonight, he had it right from the start.

It is something to sit back, look at and feel good about it for a bit, but you can't sit down and pat yourself on the back. It shows people know us nationally and people recognize how well we've been playing and how well we've been playing together. It's really helped us nationally, and I think it will help us in recruiting.

I was just going out there and doing whatever I could to get a couple extra rebounds for our team, get a couple more offensive possessions.

I was hoping it would rim out and I would get the rebound. I was trying not to let him go to the hole because if he backs me down, he's going to score. But he made his shot, and it was a big-time shot.

We know they are a great team, and a real athletic team, so we can't let them make that a big advantage. We'll really have to focus on keeping them off the boards and not letting them get out and run.

We haven't been in the Top 25, hopefully this will help us get there.

We don't necessarily know. We're not in any committees, we're not on any boards who make that kind of decision. We're preparing for the best. If we get the opportunity to do so, we're going to have to regroup and get ready to go. We have a chance.

We really came together after the Big Ten Tournament. We accomplished quite a bit in (the NIT). We fell short, but we accomplished a lot. We are going to move forward, and the program is going to gain from this.

We've come a long way. We've had our ups and downs since I've been here. The program is back on the map, that's what we were trying to accomplish since we've been here.

Bringing aboard a huge, globally recognized brand like Barclays is a tremendous step forward for Canadian rugby.

Courtney Sims was phenomenal tonight. Sometimes he doesn't have his best game out there, but tonight he was the difference-maker for us. He stretched our leads, he was our power down low, he was everything for us.

You've just got to hand it to him. He's an in-between guy and he's done a great job being a fill-in when Lester's not been there.

This is a tough one for us. It's the last home game for the seniors, a chance to end the losing streak to Indiana, and we had a chance to be the five seed (and avoid a Thursday game in the Big Ten Tournament). Now we just have to focus on playing good basketball in the Big Ten Tournament.

This is the tournament we're in. We're not worried about the NCAA tournament now. We're in the NIT, trying to win the NIT. We're going to continue to try to win games and move forward.

It's a tough loss. It's tough to handle. We really wanted to get a win today. Indiana, I haven't beat them guys in four years.

It's a huge difference this year than it has been the last couple years. I feel like there is no letdown, there is no time my game is slowing down. I can keep the same level throughout the whole 40 minutes, and that's one of the key aspects of my performance.

Everybody was kind of disappointed, but we brought this on ourselves. We lost a good portion of games the last couple weeks and that's a tough thing for us, but we'll have to build off of it.

I'm really grateful to get here, not to win but just to be nominated.

I don't think they made any mistakes. I can't put that burden on them ... You just basically have to place it on us.