Will Thomas Quotations

Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.

We all know by now that Barack Obama is not a patriot. After all, he doesn't always wear a flag pin, and he objects to the idea that he should be required to in order to run for office.

We thought we were out. When they announced us as an 11 seed in the D.C. bracket, we were ecstatic.

I think we just wanted the basketball more than them, man.

It felt like any other practice, other than there were 20,000 fans out there.

We proved to everybody we belonged. No one can take that from us. The doubters, they can keep on doubting. We'll try to come back next year and prove it again.

We were getting the shots we wanted. They just weren't going down. Hats off to their defense, but we just couldn't make our shots.

This says we belong, we belong in this tournament. There are no doubts that we can play with anyone in the country.

We've been believing that all season. The committee believed it, too, by putting us in the tournament. If people keep doubting us, we keep proving them wrong.

We had to calm down a little bit.

Coming into the game, we knew Paul Davis fouled a lot. Coach just told me to take it to him. If we can make shots in the beginning of the game, it builds our confidence up. We just carried that confidence into the second half. We just shot well.

Coach L has a lot of theories about how he wants us to play and keep us focused. He wants you to play with passion, but he doesn't want you to get all emotional.

They're a great team. They were picked to win the tournament. But we didn't fear them. They've got size over us, but we've got big hearts.

At first, people probably took us lightly because we're a mid-major. People don't respect us enough to take us seriously. We'd probably have to get back here year after year to get that respect.

That's our move. I can't even begin to tell you how many times me and Jai practiced that.

The big thing we're working on is converting quickly to defense. Not letting them get that fast break going.

I'm more serious about the job. I think Jack needs to mature a little more, honestly.

I just wanted the basketball more than them when the shot went out.

I hear him screaming all the time, from almost anything. I'm not wild about it.

The doubters can keep on doubting. But we proved to everybody we belong. We made it all the way to the Final Four.

Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves.

There's no fear when you're having fun.

To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.