Ed Cooley Quotes

Basketball teaches you life lessons. It’s a privilege to play college basketball. I want our off-court behavior to match our on-court behavior. As we build character and values, I want every coach in the country to say: ‘I wish my team was like that.’

We play in the most difficult conference in the country, but we’re going to stand on top of it some day.

We want to become the most dominant, most physical team, not this year, not next year, but every year.

We will absolutely set this place on fire. And if you’re late, don’t come in.

I love the treadmill in practice. I call it the focus machine. If you can’t focus in practice, you’re going to go to the focus machine.

I fit here. That’s why this is going to be a marriage made in heaven for a long, long time.

I always tell these young kids the same thing – just give me a chance.