Billy Donovan Quotes

"This has probably been the greatest collection of guys I have had in one class in terms of understanding what unselfishness, what team is all about. They get that piece of it."

"He really made a poor choice, didn't he?"

"Sometimes there's things that are out of your control in these games."

"I still don't necessarily believe we (are) the best team in the country. When you're playing in an event that's a one-and-done deal, anything can happen. I've been on the side of it where it ends in a heart-breaking manner. And now I've been on the side where it's obviously just an incredible feeling."

"It's teams like George Mason that give so many people hope in their lives, just seeing what great things can be accomplished."

"I hope it doesn't flare back up with him."

"I can't live their lives for them. They could just as easily get hurt doing something on the court."

"If it were something where he was riding a motorcycle and he was popping some wheelies and he got hurt, than maybe I would be a bit more concerned. It was just a freak accident."

"He has a great passion and vigor for life. He has great respect for people - where they come from, what their heritage is and what their beliefs are."

"I'm happy for the kids. All season they have given me everything they had."

"I am very, very proud of these kids. It has been such a remarkable run up to this point, just with so much uncertainty surrounding this season with people leaving early and these guys having to step up."

"It has to start somewhere. That's what we are trying to build at Florida. It's never been done, never been sustained."

"They made it very difficult for us to get prepared. Just trying to space the floor. And you have to extra pass against them."

"He's probably never going to get to a point where he feels great the rest of the season. But I think his confidence level is high. It's good to see him take the amount of shots he took. He put up 11 3s on the road. It was great to see him confidently shoot the basketball and it was great to see him move to the next shot, even when he missed a couple in a row."

"Those guys, being seniors, they know how to rest during a game. We had to make them guard to make them uncomfortable on the offensive end."

"He has the ability to take difficult shots one, to get them off and two, to be able to make them at a high percentage. He has a special gift and there is nothing you can do about it."

"I think what George Mason has done this NCAA tournament has been a milestone and a breakthrough in college basketball. There's been so many programs that have been close. ... I just think in my opinion right now, when you talk about the word 'mid-major' or you talk about the word 'major,' there's no more of that to me. I think those days are over with."

"The second half was a back-and-forth basketball game. Give Arkansas credit. They made some plays and their kids played hard and I thought it was a great college basketball game that both teams had a chance to win at times."

"I think our inexperience [caused that]. I'm not using it as an excuse. I think that when you win basketball games like we've won; we've won on heart, passion and toughness."

"The greatest equalizer in college basketball -- it doesn't make a difference about talent or who's better than who -- is the three-point line."