Quotes of Rick Pitino - somelinesforyou

“ He coached a perfect game tonight, offense and defense. It was one of the best coached games I've seen in some time. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ He's a cancer survivor himself, and he's lost relatives and close friends, like Jim Valvano, to the disease, so I'm not surprised he's gone at this the way he has. He's the captain of this ship, leading the way for the rest of us. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ Even though he is like a son to me, he has been seriously reprimanded. A lot of consequences are going to be paid for this, but it's a lesson for everybody. ”

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“ For Louisville basketball, we don't like coming off a Final Four and having a season like this. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ T-Will did a very good job of passing the basketball. I think he's going to do a lot down the road what (former Cardinal) Francisco Garcia does. That's the best part about his game is his passing. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ He's out of shape, but for the shape he's in, he played great. He hasn't played basketball in three weeks, but under the circumstances, he played awesome. ”

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“ I loved our unselfishness tonight. I asked our young guys try to play like a mature basketball team. ”

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“ They're a great basketball team. ”

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“ They're a unique basketball team. They're very difficult to play against because they space the floor... and play in a terrific system. ”

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“ South Carolina is a terrific team. They are playing great basketball right now. ”

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“ This is who we are; we are a very young and inexperienced basketball team. The key is, six weeks from now, how good can we become? ”

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“ We are just a painfully young basketball team. It's excruciating at times with six freshmen and three sophomores, but they play hard, and I'd rather have that and have them mature and gain from it. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ It's going to be a very tough game. They're a very good basketball team. Every team we're going to face in this tournament is tough in terms of talent (but) we'll be ready for it. ”

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“ I agree with his decision. It's in his best interests for his basketball future. We wish him well with his future plans. ”

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“ Williams goes down seams and finds people. He's so clever with the basketball, and they're big-time finishers because they have the size to finish. ”

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“ If we took care of the basketball a little bit, we actually could have won the game. ”

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“ We have a whole new basketball team. It's going to take time to nurture this team. We may have survived a little if we were in Conference USA with this team. But surviving in the Big East is another story. You've got to grow up in a hurry. ”

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“ We played a great basketball game in all phases. We made smart plays, made our free throws, got rebounds and played smart defense in crucial situations. I'm very happy for our guys because they got some rewards for working hard, very hard. You can see by the way we're playing, we're not looking forward to next year… ”

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“ Villanova is certainly deserving of its ranking. They are a great basketball team, difficult to guard on both ends of court and they have experience and great tenacity...Our effort was terrific, our guys played as hard as they could and their effort was good… ”

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“ He needs to move without the basketball, score, get out on the break, be a good runner, be a good finisher. Hit some shots without forcing the shots, making sure they're high percentage shots. Defensively, he can do some things; offensively, he's very limited. ”

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“ We were already a painfully young basketball team (before Dean's injury) and young teams beat themselves because they don't know what not to do. Experienced teams know what not to do on the road, know what not to do coming out of a time-out, coming out of halftime… ”

- Rick Pitino

“ That was an extremely disappointing loss for us, about as disappointing as we've had. To play such good basketball and come away empty-handed is an empty feeling to say the least. We played well enough to get a 'W' and we didn't. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ We are just a painfully young basketball team. It's excruciating at times with six freshmen and three sophomores, but they play hard, and I'd rather have that and have them mature and gain from it. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ We put bubbles on baskets, we use pads, we have taken everything but a hammer and hit them over the head with it. (But) it's not getting any better. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ We're like a baseball team that can't hit. The pitcher has to throw a four - or five-hitter every time out. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ For Louisville basketball, we don't like coming off a Final Four and having a season like this. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ We put bubbles on baskets, we use pads, we have taken everything but a hammer and hit them over the head with it. (But) it's not getting any better. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ They just overpowered us with physical talent. It was disturbing. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ When you build bridges you can keep crossing them. ”

- Rick Pitino

“ He's a cancer survivor himself, and he's lost relatives and close friends, like Jim Valvano, to the disease, so I'm not surprised he's gone at this the way he has. He's the captain of this ship, leading the way for the rest of us. ”

- Rick Pitino
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