Marcus Williams Quotes

"There was no doubt in my mind the whole game; I thought we were going to win. Once again, after that shot, we were in a similar situation. This is a team I thought would get to the national championship."

"There was no doubt in my mind the whole game that we were going to win."

"There was no doubt in my mind the whole game I thought we were going to win. I mean, why play if you think you're going to go out there and not win a game?"

"It's good to be home. Maybe we can feed off our crowd's energy."

"I have to sit down with coach (Jim Calhoun) and sit down with my family. I'm still just thinking about the game. I've just been focusing on game after game, not thinking about the future."

"Play With Fire, ... there's no iBook in team."

"We just really shared the ball and played Arizona basketball out there. We got out and put points on the board."

"To be honest, at the beginning of the year, in Maui, I tried to force the issue with scoring. Coach (Olson) basically said to play within the offense, get open shots. So I bought into that. I've grown a lot. I've seen a lot of improvement in my game."

"Coach hasn't talked about it at all. But I think I've seen the shot."

"I'm glad coach has a lot of confidence in me. When he brought me to the program, he sat me down and said he expected a lot of things out of me as far as making an impact early, so definitely, that was one of my biggest reasons for choosing Arizona."

"Staying poised. That's what really won us the game. Also determination in the second half."

"He doesn't look like an athlete, but the way he comes off screens and the range he has makes him tough."

"I know the game is going to be a lot more physical. We're going to have to show what this team is all about."

"We really wanted this game."

"I wouldn't say I was surprised. At these kind of games, Jeff always comes through ... he's a man-child out there. That's normal. That's what I see all the time."

"I saw part of that game, where the guy hit him in the groin. I saw that game. Hope he don?t hit me!"

"They looked out of rhythm. They had to run all the way through their entire offense and then force up a shot."

"They're giving me lanes, giving me shots to take. So why not take them? I think our team can accept any challenge a team throws at us."

"This is our time to restore the season. This is going to show a lot of this team's heart. We are starting from scratch with a 0-0 record."

"They just said it was like a new season. They don't talk to us like we're kids. We're men, but they talk to us like they have the experience of having been through it."