Our goal is to win it. If there was anybody on this team that was like, ‘OK, Sweet 16, that’s fine, we’re good now,’ that would hurt my feelings.

Living in France, it was just a pain. I didn’t want to deal with it. Everybody was trying to compare me to my father. When you’re a kid, you just want to have fun. You...

It doesn’t really matter what other opponents bring to the table. I think right now if we do what we have to do we’ll win. We have a lot of respect for our opponent, but...

What do you want me to say? It wasn’t.

We know we’re the villains.

It hurts when you have so many beautiful girls out there telling you you’re ugly.

In games like this, it’s all about having fun.

We’re in a situation where we lost our best game and we’re not sure if we’re going to have our best player. We just have to stay hungry and listen to what coach has to...

I think what Adrian Moss did showed what our team is all about.

I don’t know anything about them.

I’m just so happy he was able to see me play. I played well, and we got the win.

It’s a great feeling to be in this position. But if you don’t get a victory on Monday night, it hurts just as much. I think everyone on our team realizes that.

It’s a hungry team starving. We’re hungry to prove to the world that we can play with the best.

Last year, we only had three players [the Big Three of Anthony Roberson, David Lee and Matt Walsh] who could score. This season, we have all five who can score at any time.

I disagree with coach because history doesn’t help you win basketball games. At the end of the day, what does history or tradition do to help you win a basketball game tomorrow?

It was a big win for us, for our confidence to let people know we’re one of the top teams. It was just great timing.

Maybe a goat next time.

You guys are usually wrong about things like that. We can’t worry about what you guys say. Otherwise our heads would explode.

It was frustrating at the end of the half, but we were up (by four). And there was still a lot of basketball to play.

I remember skipping school a few times to go watch the Big East tournament (at Madison Square Garden).

There were little things addressed a while ago that we needed to work on, and we didn’t do that to the best of our ability. Sometimes when you lose, you learn the hard way.

We’re happy to be in the Final Four and, hopefully, we can get a nice little ring at the end of this thing.

He’s not the player of the year for nothing. But we played a lot of zone on him. I was just being aggressive. We tried to keep him guessing and on edge.

I don’t know. Africa is a crazy place, man.

This game mattered a lot more to us than it did to them. But we didn’t play that way.

This is our dream. All the work. All the sweat. All the tears. All the throwing-up. This is what that was for, and this is a great feeling.

Then we brought the hammer.

It’s a great feeling now, but our goal is to win two more. We’re happy, but we can’t be satisfied.

This was very important. From now on, every game has to be played like it’s a championship. Every game. … It feels good to get back on the winning track.

He’s an animal, everybody knows that. We just came at him with different traps. He weighs so much and he’s so talented offensively. He can put it on the floor, he can shoot it, and...

You definitely use what is written as extra motivation. I don’t know about us being soft. There is a lot of luck involved (in the tournament).

I am so happy he was able to see me play. And to win, too. It would have been very depressing if we had lost this game.

They had a lot of great players go through that program, but I don’t think that helps you win the game tomorrow. Right now, it’s about playing basketball, playing the sport we’ve been playing since...

People remember champions. That’s the way it is.

I know they have a great tradition. I don’t think it helps you win the game. It’s not about tradition. It’s about playing basketball, playing the sport that we’ve been playing since we were little...

That’s part of it. We should have done the things we needed to do to win the game. Then they wouldn’t have come out.

This is the SEC. We’ve got to be ready at all times. We’ve got to be on edge. It’s unacceptable.

I’ll never forget these two games, but these two games are over. Our goal wasn’t to reach the Sweet 16. Our goal hasn’t changed. We want to win it all.

I plan on coming back next year.

That was definitely a game that we wanted, whether it was in the championship or not. To face them in the championship is definitely like a dream for us.

It’s tough when people call your program soft. Tough.

I’m in a state of shock. Even sometimes when we don’t get blocks, we’re intimidating because we’re trees out there.

We just tried to go out and execute. It didn’t really matter who we were playing.

Them Gator Boys are hot right now

It doesn’t matter; it’s all about winning the basketball game. I’m not worried about them holding the ball. It doesn’t matter if we win 27-26, as long as we get the win.

Seriously, everything I did was from teammates — getting offensive rebounds, running up and down the court. Guys were looking for me; I wasn’t doing anything special. It just feels so great to get this...

I came out fired up but at the same time they did a really good job of defending me, especially [Will] Thomas. I mean, what can I say? He did a great job on me....

I don’t know if that’s what will be talked about, but that’s what should be talked about. I think (Moss) is what this team stands for. Everybody sacrificed to get to this point, and I...

It’s like I’m in a cloud. Not only does this feel good, but it smells good and it tastes good. I can’t even describe it.

I usually do that against Savannah State, too.