Herb Pope Quotations

It feels good because last year it was a terrible feeling to come home with the silver medal. We all sat in the locker room and said we were going to do what it takes to win the gold.

We had eight seniors last year, so leadership was taken care of. But this year was my time to step up.

A lot of people come to see me fail. They want to downgrade me or underrate me. Everybody wants to see the top players go down, especially if they get a lot of press. It makes me play a lot harder. Come fourth quarter, I want to show them what I'm made of. It proves all the critics wrong by coming home with the gold.

A lot of people come to see me fail. Everyone wants to see the top players go down. That just makes me want to step up and show people that I deserve everything I'm getting.

That just showed me what (Dixon) told me was true, that he was about to sign the longest extension in Division I basketball. He's a pretty stand-up guy. He doesn't have nothing to hide.

It's still early in my recruiting, so I don't have any leaders or favorites. We're trying to make that better than the old (Michigan) Fab Five.

I proved the critics wrong. And now we have the gold.