Juan Dixon
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"Juan Dixon" is an American former professional basketball player. Dixon led the University of Maryland, College Park/University of Maryland Maryland Terrapins men's basketball/Terrapins to their first National Collegiate Athletic Association/NCAA championship in 2002 and earned NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player/Most Outstanding Player honors at the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/2002 Final Four.

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I didn't feel as if they always had me [as] part of their plans. It was like I was back on the back burner, ... It was almost like I always had to show them what I could do, or what I was capable of doing. It was like I had prove myself every day, every day. I wanted to go somewhere where I was wanted, and I feel as though I was wanted here.

Nah, it's just another game. I mean, yeah, I'm going back to play against my old team, but there aren't any hard feelings.

The coaching staff has done a great job with us. We are playing great basketball. We're playing well on the defensive end and running the offense. Blake and I just want to come out and be solid.

We're growing up, man. We're growing up as a team. We're playing smart and we're solid for 48 minutes. Hopefully we'll keep on going in that direction.

I think guys are learning defensive principles and where they're supposed to be on the basketball court. So hopefully we can go out there and execute on the defensive end. It's a good challenge for us to see where we are.

We call him 'Animal' for a reason.

We'll take the four in a row however we can get it.

We've struggled the last six games not getting any wins, so we wanted to come out with a lot of heart and be aggressive on both ends of the floor. Guys came out and we executed. Before the game, coach ( Nate McMillan ) drew a big heart on the chalkboard. He wanted to see what we were made of. We came out and played well tonight.

Blake and I have been playing with each other since his freshman year and my sophomore year (at Maryland) so we have lots of fun playing with one another. We understand each other and the game. We've learned a lot since we've been in the game so hopefully we can continue to push the young guys on the team and hopefully we can continue to get better.