Accosting somebody in public can be regrettable. Accosting a gangster can be hazardous.

I was in Las Vegas when the Nogueira brothers first touched down in America. There was a bus - this is a true story. There was a bus that pulled up to a red light, and Little Nog tried to feed it a carrot while Big Nog was petting it. He thought it was a horse. This really happened.

Triangle chokes are the refuge for cowards. I would never stoop to that level of locking my legs around a man and squeezing.

Jealousy is a hell of a thing. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.

I'm candy-coated poison, and you should not believe anything else.

I'm a Republican.

All medicine is made to make you better. If it did the opposite, it would be malpractice.

Brian Stann is a great guy. I voted him in for the President of the United States in 2008, and I will write him in again in 2012.

You can never have the comeback if you don't have the retirement.

I thought if you tapped out, you lost the round. Come to find out, you actually lose the fight.

I'm better than Jon Jones. I'm better than Sean Combs. I am even better than John Holmes.

At the end of the day, when you're young you think you're invincible.

Sometimes your haters are your biggest motivators.

He can get people the ball from 90 feet to two feet. I've never seen anybody get to the rim, and as a big guy comes over, at the last second put the ball in the hands of a big guy and have the guy dunk. He reminds me of Jason Kidd in that he could get that double-figure rebound game, he could get steals, assists, he certainly can shoot the basketball.

I don?t think he even had the ball when he shot it. I don?t think he even looked at the basket.

But I think Gerry, who has struggled to score against us, has increased his game. He?s a much better ball handler and a much better point guard. He seems to be very comfortable.

Their 7-for-9 shooting in the second half from 3-point land was something that really, really hurt us deeply. But the inability of us to get the ball into the paint was probably the thing that killed us.

They're going to utilize their quickness the best they can. We're going to try to use our size as much as we can. Certainly that makes for a very interesting battle. My guys' concern is getting the ball inside. If we get the ball inside, we'll be successful.

Both offensively and defensively, Craig is a big reason we're 11-0. So Craig will start Tuesday (in the Big East opener) at Marquette. He deserves that right. His defense up top on the ball sets up the rest of our defense. He's been a godsend.

We turned the ball over 26 times yet I think our heart was shown on enough occasions. When you're down 10 points or down seven points with something to go, you need to call upon the reserves. There's something inside you that won't let you lose.

We'll have to take away the 3-pointers as best we can. We'll have to limit Quinn from having the ball as much as we can.

We?d be foolish not to get the ball inside anytime we can.

When you watch Roy play, you're watching, really, from a coaching standpoint, everything you want a player to be. He can pull up and make mid-range shots. He can pass the ball. He can rebound. He plays with great composure. He seems to want the ball in tough situations.

That was some rebound. There wasn't anybody who was going to take that ball from him.