Roy H. Williams Great Quotations

Nobody probably thought they could beat Michigan State and North Carolina back-to-back. They played with a great purpose and a great passion. (Coming in) I was scared to death, to be honest with you. In saying all that, I still thought we were going to win the game.

He has tremendous footwork. He has been called for walking about two times this year and we watched it on tape and neither one of them were walks. He has great fundamentals of keeping his foot down and then he is a powerful youngster.

That's the lure of this tournament. It's bad for coaches -- what Lute feels right now is terrible. But it's great for the fans.

You're eight miles away. You use the same airports, recruit the same kids, there's a great deal of interest just because of the location.

It was extremely intense when I left and gets a great deal of attention around the country. Players enjoyed it and I think that's the way it still is today. You've had some really good games and I hope (Tuesday) is one of those as well.

It's very disappointing there's no question about that. If you didn't care about who won the game, you had to enjoy the ebb and flow of a great college basketball game. But I do care who wins, and so it wasn't that much fun for me.

I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this week and I'm not letting anybody bother me with any junk if it doesn't do anything with Kansas basketball, my players, great places to eat or rivers to spit in.

I'm very disappointed. If you didn't care who won or lost it was a great game to watch, but I do care.

I really do believe Monday night's game will be great for college basketball, ... Larry Brown 's Pistons last year made a statement in the NBA about playing the game a certain way -- sharing the ball, being a team. .... I'm hoping the way we play, the way Illinois plays, that people will decide that truly is what's most important, not just one guy shooting or one guy high-flying around.