"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."

"This is what it's all about -- baseball in the fall,"

"It was fun. You have so much energy when the game starts, it's hard to slow everything down and just keep it on an even keel. But once the game gets going, it's another game."

"At first, I was looking for the ball, ... And then I realized how bad it hurt. It got a little tighter each inning. . . . But once the inning started, the adrenaline took over."

"I say that and I wasn't exactly happy with it. There were a bunch of games where I thought I could have pitched better. It's just when I look back at say five or six games where I had ... a 4-0 lead and, boom, it was 4-3. I'm sitting there, now I've got a one-run lead. When I got a lead earlier in my career, I ran with that. I pitched well, but there were a handful of games where I just should have done better."

"I didn't want to come out of that game."

"Coach said just push it up the court. Push it and pull it. That's what I did."

"Coach knows that when the game gets tight, a light switch goes off in my head."

"It makes it a lot smoother. At the beginning of the game, it's more my time. Then when Jamaal comes in, I can kind of concentrate on other areas and it's more his time."

"I said, if we didn't prove to ourselves today that we can play with the best teams in the country, then you're just not a believer. I think we just showed the world we're a good team and we're here to stay."

"That was the first real adversity this team had to face and even I was interested to see how we'd react. We had bad chemistry [during the losing streak]. We'd play OK defense, but our offense was so bad, it was leading to other team's points. Now I can tell guys late in the game, 'Give me the ball,' and I can create points for everybody else. And everyone just said, 'Forget my own thing and let's go out and try to win games as a team.' Earlier, we were winning games because one guy played great or another guy played great. But now we are winning as a team."

"It's awesome that top players from the state of Washington with a year difference in age are considered top players in the country. That says a lot for the state and how we've come along as basketball players. When I was a kid, I dreamed about this."

"There's a lot of good teams on that 32-game home win streak. Another one came in here and took it from us. It's the only way it should end."

"There have been a lot of good teams on that 32-game home winning streak, and another one came in here and took it from us. It is the only way it should end, it shouldn't end with us losing by 15 or us losing to a bad team."

"It's fun playing Oregon. It's an up-tempo game. Hopefully, we'll make some shots."

"I think we just want to keep playing good basketball. We don't want to go the Pac-10 tournament and have a terrible game and have that be the last thought on our minds heading into the NCAA tournament."

"He's made me a better player over four seasons. All summer, we played pick-up basketball and we'd match up against one another. When I penetrate to the basket, there are times when he stops me. His ability to guard big men and small guys definitely helps."

"I'm still kicking myself because I think for the first time in basketball, I felt sorry for myself. Like, 'Man, I did everything I could to win and then that happened.' It took me a minute to get my engine going. I think Bobby [Jones] felt the same way. I think Jamaal [Williams] felt the same way."

"The consistency of fans now is so much better. I think it has a lot to do with our play, and we're doing it together. The better we get, the better they get."

"This is probably the best game that I played and I was forced to do more. In years past, I've always had Nate [Robinson], I've always had Will [Conroy]."

"I'm a big fan of Dee Brown. He's the heart and soul of that team and he's the first guy we've got to stop."

"We just totally turned the page on that Thursday game. It was important not to come in here and worry about making shots, and we did a good job of that."

"I don't think it crossed my mind we were going to lose that game. I'm still kicking myself. For the first time in basketball, I feel sorry for myself."

"He's the key to their team. If he can't get going, it'll be a tough night for everybody."