Arizona Head Coach Lute Olson Quotes

"We have California coming up on Saturday, and what the guys need to understand is that any talk about Stanford is over and done with. If we want to have any chance at the Pac-10 title or to be seeded in the West, we have to do the job on Saturday."

"The game was just spectacular, and the crowd really makes a huge difference in keeping the adrenaline flowing. This win definitely belongs to both the team and to the fans."

"I am extremely proud of the team. They battled, and it didn't make any difference as to who was in the game. We did a good job of taking advantage of the things that we needed to take advantage of during the entire game. There is no question about the competitiveness of this entire group."

"Stanford scored some three's right off early in the game, but the guys did a very good job of attacking the shooter and making them try to score off of the drive. We did a good job of stopping the penetration. We told the guys to attack them and make them make the play when they put it on the floor."

"Justin Wessel, Michael Wright and Luke Walton did a fabulous job inside, and it was really great to see Richard Jefferson's athleticism. He definitely showed that he is more confident in his ability to explode. Richard did a great job of exploding up with the jump shot."

"I don't think there has ever been a game where Gilbert (Arenas) has been more focused on what he needed to do for us. We told him that he needed to be in a position to anticipate Stanford's shots, and he ended up being our leading defensive rebounder."

"Michael Wright and Mark Madsen are both tremendous competitors. They just keep playing, and it was a good matchup."

"The key for us was the stretch where we opened the lead and eliminated their three's and made them drive to score."

"We hope Justin Wessel will be ready to go Saturday, but if he isn't, we have to make sure that everybody else is ready to come out here against Cal and get the job done."

"It looked to me like Arizona wanted it more than we did tonight. Their reaction to loose balls was better than ours and they seemed to get to all of the balls that were up for grabs. Their athletes, like Jefferson, also hurt us tonight."

"We thought we could get an advantage on the post tonight but it didn't work out like that. Luke Walton continues to impress. He is the best passer in the Pac-10. His ability to find the open man is incredible."

"They outplayed us and deserved to win tonight. We couldn't get stops and couldn't make shots when we needed to tonight. We need to play tougher, stronger and harder. Arizona played with more emotion than us and our body language and facial expressions were lacking. I have to have guys that want to play like they're playing for a championship."

"We have to act like our backs are against the wall. I'm looking at blank faces and I need to be looking at guys that have the look of someone that is ready to go. Better fundamentals should help us. We need to act like 'there's something out there... let's go get it'. Right now our opponents are dictating our emotions."

"Our guys might have been a little scared that their (Arizona) quick guys would go past them, so they over-pursued and that led to a lot of their alley-oops. This was a tough game tonight against a tough team. It's not like Arizona loses a lot in this building."