«There?s something special about those people. I could go on forever.»

«You?re only as good as the people that you get to direct, and if you?re fortunate enough to have the best people to direct, then you?re one of the lucky few. I think that?s kind of what this is all about, so it?s hard for me to put it into perspective from a personal point of view.»

«My initial reaction right now is I saw where it's going to be announced during the Final Four. So if I'm sitting here in Connecticut and there's four teams playing in Boston at the Final Four and I get a phone call, my first reaction is I'm going to be (mad) that I'm not at the Final Four. I can tell you that much. So if I happen to be in Boston with my team and I get that phone call, it'll be kind of a special weekend.»

«As I look at stuff like this I say to myself, it's kind of odd because you always think of coaching as an opportunity for your players to stand up their on that podium and put the net around their neck and celebrate winning championships. You never think of yourself as being in that situation. You're only as good as the people that you get to direct, and if you're fortunate enough to have the best people to direct then you're one of the lucky few. I think that's kind of what this is all about. So it's hard for me to put it into perspective from a personal perspective.»

«I feel bad for the kid. She was working so hard and just when you thought she had it going, that happens, and now she?s kind of back to, not exactly square one, but ... I?m hoping these next four games, we can get her ready.»

«I?m not going to put her in a situation where she?s going to play and then next year she?s going to need another (surgery) just to walk; I?m not going to do that.»

«I don't know which team we're going to see: the team that we've known in the past that plays really well or the one we haven't seen before that's backed into a corner and in danger of not making the Big East tournament.»

«The only thing you can do is go ahead with what's there in front of you. If she can play, then you play her. If she can't play, you don't play her.»

«When she's calm, she knows where she's going and we get her in the right spot. I don't think there's anyone in the country that I would trust to make a big shot more than her.»

«In the second half, we really got inside them and really attacked and created a lot of those fouls.»