Quotes by Lamar Hurd

“They take you out of your offense, and what it forces you to do is make plays. Were either going to have a high success rate of making individual plays, scoring the basketball, being on the attack, or theres going to be some turnovers.”

“Coaches are just making a conscious effort to get him the ball. Its just Chris being Chris. Chris has always been a scorer. And any time a guy has it going on, we are going to get him the ball. And hes been hot, so we are going to ride him out.”

“Thats a game that has the most implications for the most importance in the state. We know what it means to us, and our fans. If you cant get up for that, you shouldnt be suited up for that game.”

“Its looking pretty bad right now. I cant do much more than a moderate walk. Ive never had this type of injury before. Im just trying to be as optimistic as possible, but its hard to be optimistic. It was hard Saturday.”

“We are playing good basketball right now. Its hard to not be part of it. I felt like I was playing well, and I wanted to play better. I felt like I was able to give more, and now Im not able to. The timing is as bad as it could get. But even with all those things, Im a firm believer that things happen for a reason. I think something good is going to come out of it.”

“They went right through us for a while. They made some big shots and all of a sudden we have to come back and answer and we couldnt.”

“Its looking pretty bad right now. I cant do anything much more than a moderate walk without it pulling, tugging on me.”

“The timing is about as bad is it can get. I was playing pretty decent, our team is playing well, (and) its my last year.”

“I think for the most part we are ready. We are Pac-10 home ready, thats for sure. Its going to be a wait-and-see thing to see how we play on the road. Its going to be a great test for us against the Ducks to see how we play over there.”

“I just want to get back on the court one more time. If thats for 10 seconds or 10 minutes, then thats what Im going to do. Ill be suited up and Ill be out there, I just dont know how long. It could be very short though.”