Mike Gillespie Quotations

We're sort of set with a regular lineup. We think that lineup has done well for the most part. It's tough to take any of those guys out.

This was as hot as it's ever been. We made big shots when we had to.

L.C. should make an instant impact in our program. He is a great shooter and he is blessed with exceptional quickness.

If they shoot the ball that well every night out, they're as good as anybody we've played. This is a terrific team.

I'm a huge fan of his. His makeup is perfect. He's a worker. His demeanor is always the same; never too high, never too low. He's got no issues (with his temper). He's a jewel.

I have a lot of confidence in our seniors right now, ... The two seniors I've been around for a long time. So I know what they're capable of doing.

He (Tate) made plays. He got two big baskets for us when we needed it the most.

He looked peaceful. He appeared to be just taking a nap.

What we've told our players is (Wright) might be the best pitcher that we will face. And we're playing a great schedule. We're facing some really good pitching. But this guy's on the short list of the best guys in the country.

He's advanced beyond his age in terms of his coolness and composure. He'll give up hits and people will score, but he just doesn't all of a sudden spiral into a mess.

He's a star. Only an injury keeps him out of the first round (of this year's MLB Draft), only an injury keeps him from being a long-time major leaguer.

He was perhaps the most positive performer in the fall. He lost a lot of valuable potential experience last year.

He just does a little bit of everything for us. A kid like him, even if he might not normally do anything in a certain event, he'll still give it a heck of a try. He's the kind of kid that you'd like to have five or six of.

Jon came in and hit some shots that gave us a lift, which is important. Hopefully he will continue to shoot that well because that was a plus for us.

Joe Ballard may have been the MVP of the game. He made some big shots and guarded well.

I think he has just tons of drive, determination and instincts. He has good ability. I think it's unfair to suggest this guy doesn't have ability. He's a very good athlete. I think his tools were simply underevaluated by the scouts out here.

I think his future is very, very bright, but we need his future to be Saturday.

I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have said that without him getting to the major leagues because he had a great career for us.

I wasn't thrilled to drive all the way to Indiana and get beat by 37. If we didn't have to, we'd probably play more teams of equal level.

Most of the damage was on the side of the brain that affects his speech. At this point, his memory is pretty good, but his mind can't tell his mouth what to do.

Metro-area water suppliers should be able to look at filling their reservoirs this year.

This year the magnitude of the variability is probably greater than we've seen in as long as I can recall.

We had a tough week. We needed a win ... You don't like to talk about these things like they're cancer treatment or heart surgery, but in our little world, it was very important. It would've been a rugged trip home.

We had three freshman play as well as they could have. The 3-point shot is such a momentum changer. We just couldn't get one to fall for us.

We were light at the plate last year, there's no doubt about it. I really think we need to have seven .300 hitters (in 2006).

Every player has high expectations for themselves and the team, and it was very frustrating. But I think they recognize that they did do some things well.

Things are looking pretty optimistic right now. We've got a good early start to this winter season.

It was very hard-fought ballgame. I'm proud of the way our kids played. They (South Carolina State) did a great job of preventing us from getting the ball to Sanders and Elliott.

The thing that creates the sleepless nights is concern over injuries.

Practice has been good and our preparation has been outstanding. We have had three pretty good practices. The guys are excited and realize what is at stake.

The one thing that he has done is pitch consistently. It's not overpowering, knock-your-eyes-out kind of stuff, but it's good stuff and he throws strikes. He doesn't get rattled or become afraid, you kind of know what you're getting.

They have all made outstanding contributions to this program. I think they certainly brought back outstanding basketball to this program. They have had outstanding moments in their careers, which helped rebuild this program.

It's maybe not quite as bad as we had thought earlier on. They do have good reservoir storage down there from last year.

It's pretty dry down there. It's looking like a drought situation for a big part of the southwestern part of the country.

Tate was the difference, no doubt about it. Brian Greene was pretty darn good, too.

They (Howard) made one three in the second half. Our defense got better in the second half. We are getting better and everybody made a contribution tonight.

They've gotten the best of us in recent years, so I'm a little bit worried about calling it off now and looking like a coward with my tail between my legs.

I'm ecstatic. I had always contended that there were no really true violations against men's basketball. I feel like it's been justified. I never felt like we did anything wrong to begin with and now we have the chance to play in the tournament.

I'm very proud of him, ... For me, personally, he's certainly one of our very best stories and one of the best baseball stories we've had. I'm always impressed by guys who beat long odds. When you hear these stories of guys who were undrafted as juniors and have beaten the odds by long shots, I think they're great stories.

In the last five years they have dramatically improved their program.

It has been trying to get a little bit better at a little bit of everything. We felt it was a chance for them to get a little fresher. It was just more of the same. We did play two inter-squad games, simulations of real games. I think it was time well spent.

His alertness returned after a week and a half or so. That was the first positive sign we had.

He's poised. He's not going to get rattled. He's an experienced, quality pitcher.

I don't know how to do anything different in terms of what to do on offense. We have a certain routine and we'll do it. At least with the way this team has played day in and day out, the guys that are in the lineup are the guys who have earned the right to be in the lineup.

He's another guy that's cool, consistent and not afraid. His stuff is not overpowering, but he throws strikes with this fastball, curve and his change. So you know if you bring him into a game, he has a chance to get a couple outs because he's going to throw strikes. He's been very good for us, particularly against left-handed hitters.

He became a good player as a sophomore and a great player as a junior and senior,

The guy that they're throwing is one of the few guys that we face during the year that's cut from a different cut of the cloth. He is arguably the hardest-throwing guy we'll face. He'll throw it 94, he'll even touch 100. So we never see that, we see good arms, but we never see that.