Marcus Ginyard Quotations

We understand we can't have any mental mistakes. Mental mistakes are what other teams capitalize on, and that's how you get upsets. We've got to get the mind strong for where we're going to go.

He's going to make those shots. Even over great defense.

He's going to knock down tough shots, and you've got to make every shot as tough as you possibly can for him.

Not many kids would have wanted to have been in there. But he's just getting through to us that we've got to play a lot harder than we did.

Not many kids would have wanted to be in there.

If he's not putting the ball in, it's a little difficult for us. At the same time, that shouldn't be the case. We've got a lot of talent on this team, and we've got to put the ball in the hole.

Watching with buddies, you're talking about look at that dunk, look at that 3. You sit down with a coach, and he's talking about look at this defensive mistake that team made and how to correct it. So you're getting a totally different look from him.

Everything was his way or the highway, which was good. We came home and we weren't going anywhere until our homework was done. We weren't playing video games until all our homework was done. And the dishes better be done before he gets home from work.

It's just two great basketball teams clashing like that. That's why the rivalry is such a big deal.

It's dangerous to give a team like that momentum.