“He was like, 'Big G, what up? Who you walking with?' ... I said, 'Nobody. I'm just sightseeing.' He was like, 'Get in.' He was going to a party, so I rode with him, then he had his driver drop me off.”
“[So why did Romar start pumping his fist upon hearing Hawes' words ... and then emit an audible sigh of relief? Because there's another perspective on Spencer Hawes -- the one seen by the greater college basketball world, to whom Hawes' defining biographic data is not the three generations of Huskies in his bloodlines. They care that he is a 6-foot-11 1/2 center with an offensive skill set so polished his AAU coach, former Utah assistant Jim Marsh , compares him to former Utes recruits Tom Chambers and Kevin McHale , because Hawes] has more ways to score than you can imagine. ... didn't really matter as much to me as everyone may have perceived.”
“I know that's where I want to go, ... I'm not really worried about other schools or things like that. As far as signing, I just haven't talked it over with Mike or Mom yet.”
“When they (Greg Jr. and his brother, Anthony) started basketball, I couldn't see them as much, ... I used to have them for summers and entire Christmas breaks because I never wanted them to think I forgot about them.”
“You are who raised you. I've never been into entourages and stuff, and I know Zoe hasn't either, ... That's why I understand when he comes here and doesn't want to be bothered.”
