Russell Robinson Quotations

When we get some easy buckets, that helps the flow.

We both feed off of each other. We're both aggressive guards. We both like to gamble a little bit. We like to get steals, get up in passing lanes and things like that. He covers for me, and I cover for him, and I think we do a great job of that.

We're a young team and not too many people expected much out of us. We tried to go out there and play hard every day and it paid off.

One thing about Curtis ... just don't let him get comfortable.

One time. I wished him luck, and he wished me luck. That's about it. The way he left is kind of hard on me to swallow, but I wish him the best.

Basically, anybody who is not doing what he's supposed to do has to get on it. The Blue team got hit real bad this week. My body is still sore from it. It's for us to focus on details, to do the little things. If it helps us, I'm all for it.

I'm a lot more confident now, a lot more comfortable. I know when to pick my spots.

I don't remember that much from last year. I'm sure it won't be any different than anywhere else.

I don't think we're underdogs. I don't think any of the people in the locker room think we're underdogs.

For us getting a trophy would be nice. This isn't about revenge, but that would be a nice payback.

He was a little upset he lost. He said we'll see what happens when we get home. I guess we'll meet up again when we get back home. He's looking forward to that.

He's a great guy. We played a lot against each other, the most between the ages of 14 and 16.

It brings energy to the game, and it keeps everybody into it. We have a lot of guys who can get out and run and finish and make plays in the open court, and I think that's one of the strengths of our team.

I think we did a good job of coming out and hitting them first. I think everybody did their job.

Stephen's been playing great. He's been shooting it well. He's been confident, coming in, changing the games offensively. I think he was our offensive spark today.

That first game, he got the shots he wanted. This time, we disrupted his rhythm and got him in foul trouble. We made him take shots he didn't want to take.

I think I'm shooting pretty good, but I think I could be knocking a lot more shots down because I'm definitely taking open shots. I think I've done pretty well in that part, shot selection.

That was the first time we'd faced a zone. They caught us at a good time. But we've faced different types of zone since then, and we have the concept down now. We'll be ready for it.

We just came out and some guys made some plays early. We got going pretty well and then Mario came in and hit some shots. We just tried to feed off of that. That's what happened the rest of the game.

We played great today and that is why coach said to kick them in the teeth, because he wanted it to show at the end of the game. And we showed it with a 33-point win.

We have to refocus. There's nowhere to go but up.

We can still win the league. There's always hope.

We didn't really have anything to do with the streak. We were definitely trying to hold it, but we weren't able to.

We knew their situation. They came off a tough loss (45-44 Saturday at Texas A&M). We knew they'd come out fired up at home. They came out aggressive, but we delivered the knockout late in the game.

We knew it would come down to who wanted it more.

Today we were a little timid, for whatever reason I don't know. I think it was bad offense. We couldn't get in a rhythm, we couldn't hit anything. Luckily, we were able to keep the lead.

We knew eventually they were going to make a run. Coach just stressed to go out there and keep being aggressive. A lot of their points were coming off our mistakes.

We just focus on every game. Coach gets on us at practice a lot. It keeps us grounded.

We had them on the ropes, and you could feel them losing confidence. We pressured them out of their offense, and they were getting rushed. We were just able to capitalize.

This is something that we have been looking forward to this whole season, and now we have the chance to go out tomorrow and play with a lot of intensity and do the things that we need to do to win.

They never seemed to get in a rhythm. They were sort of scattered and we got a lot of easy shots.

They got us pretty good the first time. But we learned a lot from that loss. We're just going to try and bang with those guys, be physical and come out with a win.

There was a lot of pressure on us because they beat us the last time and we were trying to redeem ourselves. Plus, we were trying to win the Big 12 championship. It was a big game for us.

It was a lot more tame than some New York games. But it definitely was high spirited.

The board entered into a very careful diversification program. We wanted to proceed in a way that we thought Mr. Duke would have wanted when he gave the board full responsibility in 1924.

They just wanted it more than us in the first half.

I hope we can maintain the current level. One of our purposes is to maintain a predictable or reliable level so our beneficiaries can develop some sense of what kind of support they can get from the endowment.

I kind of figured they'd win. I kind of wanted them to win, too. It makes the game Sunday more interesting.

I'm pretty sure I'll get stuck on him a few times. We've got to try to limit his production. He's a good player.

I'm consistent in going hard. Sometimes you can go hard one day and not show up the next. It's kind of my routine, working hard, keeping at it defensively. We're playing pretty well as a team right now. We're confident and hopeful we can keep it up during this stretch.

I know he'll get all out of us that he can. The rest is up to us.

I guess maybe trying to live up to expectations of the fans maybe puts a little more pressure on us at home.

I didn't know it was our only three (in seven tries). I think it was real big. It got us over the hump. We had been fighting and fighting, and it got us the lead.

If I could go back in time, I'd change that. I probably would have gone back in there and got some shots up or something.

He brings a lot of energy and has a lot of history here. He's a great guy to be around.

The crowd was loud. There were some empty seats out there, but it was loud. I thought we played with poise late in the game.