Matt Painter Quotes

You keep playing because no one's going to have sympathy for you. At Southern Illinois, we had one guy miss two games in six years. We had a lot of success being injury-free.

- Matt Painter

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You have to defend Geary Claxton with somebody like him, somebody 6-foot-5, 215. You've got to mirror him. If you go with too much size, he's going to use his quickness to get to the basket, post up and spin. If you go with someone smaller, he's just going to kill him on the boards. - Matt Painter

We don't see that pressure Illinois puts on you every day in practice. It is tough when your weakness is something you can't simulate in practice. - Matt Painter

I think he gives us an inside presence from an athleticism standpoint... He's a guy that can run and jump, make things happen, get a lot of rebounds and get a lot of put-backs. - Matt Painter