Tom Izzo Basketball Quotations

I still think this team is good enough to win some big games. This is a talented basketball team with good guys that has had a horrendous schedule and it's taken its toll.

That was our best basketball game in maybe a couple years. This was close to a perfect game.

I was proud of my team, staff and assistant coaches, it was a heck of a job. They were a good basketball team and put more pressure on us than Wisconsin. Our shooting and rebounding was very good, and it helps when we only turn the ball over three times in the second half.

You have to look at the first game, and it's hard to look past it in this tournament, especially now when you see some of the eight, nine and 10 seeds. Kentucky and Wisconsin as eight and nine seeds, that tells you the 11 seeds are going to be pretty good basketball teams.

I see this being a good enough basketball team to win a lot of games yet.

This is a very, very good basketball team. And it was a big win because we had to win it the defensive way.

The best news for me is we are playing the best defensive basketball we've played. I'm very optimistic because I do like what this team has to offer. ... (But) I think we're a mixed bag of nuts right now, to be honest with you.

After watching (Atlantic Coast Conference) basketball growing up, when they started moving that thing to different sites I thought it hurt more than helped. So that's the only question I would have. Do we need to establish ourselves in a spot and really build on that?

I don't think there's any question that was our best performance of the year, against a really good team. That was our best basketball in a couple of years.

This is a good basketball team, and when I say good, I don't mean just average good, I mean good enough to beat anybody in this league, good enough to make any run that we can make. But there's not a lot of margin for error.

Today's society wants to skip the process. And I hate that

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness