Quotes by Reyshawn Terry

“I dont feel like our backs are against the wall or anything like that. We just have to buckle down and do what we do best, and thats guarding people. If we guard people, everything will work out for us.”

“We kind of figured everybody would write us off. We really cant worry about that. You use that as motivation and try to be better.”

“At times, I felt like we lost focus as to what we had to do and tried to do our own thing. The way our system is set up, if we play within that, we shouldnt have these problems.”

“You need times like these to realize you can never be too satisfied with what youre doing. If you get too high, theres always something thats going to be there to knock you down, so you have to always keep that passion and determination and have that same attitude every night.”

“It was a little bit frustrating. We were counting on our speed to get us going. We thought wed make some shots and run them to death. But it seemed like they did that to us instead of us doing it to them. We could never really stop their offense in the first half and that put us in a hole in the second half.”

“I feel like Im capable of doing things for this team. Luckily, I was able to get fouled and get put into that situation to make the shots. I was just thinking about taking my time and sticking to my routine and hopefully they would go in.”

“Theyre doing better than I thought they would.”

“I think its a good opportunity for us to see what were going to be having this year and what we need to work on.”

“We were just taking advantage of what we had. We knew we were quicker than the guys they were putting on us, so we had to take advantage of that. It worked out just fine.”

“We were able to get the lead, and keep the lead. We just needed a spurt.”

“We just needed a spurt. Coach wanted us to get a defensive stop, and he was just telling us we needed that one guy. I thought it was time for me to step into that role.”

“We needed a burst. Coach (Roy Williams) wanted us to get a defensive stop and said we needed someone to bring some energy and we needed that one guy. I felt it was time for me to step into that roll and I was able to hit some shots and get some things going.”

“Its good to have bragging rights when I come home. I said earlier that wed beat Wake Forest this year and we did, and its another good win for us on the road.”

“I was definitely surprised at how open they were leaving us. We were capitalizing on their mistakes.”

“We use what people said about us at the beginning of the season as motivation. Were starting to realize how good we can be.”

“Im just happy we won. They came at us in the first half, hitting us right in the face, and making it real hard for us on the defensive end, penetrating and pitching, guys knocking down shots and just making harder for us on the offensive end.”

“We understand every game is not going to be pretty, were not going to always win pretty. We just have to step up and be willing to take on the challenge when it comes.”

“Virginia came out and hit us in the face in the first half. They were penetrating and they were hurting us on the offensive boards, so youve got to give those guys credit.”

“We understand that not every game is going to be pretty, that were not going to win pretty.”

“Theyve been in big-game situations. They know what it takes to get the job done.”