Quotes by Courtney Sims

“This isnt a good feeling. Weve been wanting to get respect, but you have to earn it. Today we didnt earn it.”

“We werent executing in the first half and their (slow down) style of play kind of bothered us. Coach was on me about being more aggressive offensively and I listened to him.”

“I got a whole bunch of money, about $300. Ive got to pay bills.”

“The little things in the first half, I think thats what lost the game for us. We had silly turnovers, fouls on 3-point shooters, not blocking out (Brian) Randle and stuff. Stuff like that, we need to toughen up.”

“We keep coming close. We came close at Indiana, we came close at Illinois. We have to get past this little ? I dont know what it is ? and win some games.”

“I was trying to be more of a presence on defense. I wanted to be more active.”

“To be in first place is really hard to comprehend, but it feels great. Last year we were getting beat bad and now this.”

“I just knew I had to produce to help make this team be good. If I can produce, this team we have can be real dangerous.”

“We feel we can be ranked higher than what we are. Our goal wasnt to be ranked at the beginning of the year, it was to win the Big Ten championship. We think we can be up there with the best of them. We feel we have just as much talent as anybody in the country.”

“We have to stay hungry. Our goal wasnt just to be ranked. Our goal is to win a Big Ten championship. We feel were as good as anyone in the country.”