Famous Quotes & Sayings

To start with a road win is a good way to start a (league) season. We played tough defense and we made our free throws at the end.

Ben Howland

To shoot 3 for 19 from the threes and still win the game is a testament to our defense and rebounding.

Jason Terry

Tonight we made it a point in the huddle that we weren't going to let that happen again. We're a pretty good team when we play defense for four quarters.

Tonight was a great start for the defense. It's time for this defense to step up.

Kevin Garnett

Tonight's win was great. It was a win we definitely needed. For the most part we all played together. We played aggressively. The defense was probably what won the game for us.

Lindy Ruff

Tonight I thought we got our legs back underneath us, we really skated well. Our defense were in on several of our goals, I thought that made the difference in the game.

Very happy about the defense tonight. Holding them to 19 points and 20-percent shooting in the first half was solid, and I was happy to see that we didn't let up in the second half.

Larry Coker

The operation was tragic. That was an extremely disappointing loss. Our defense kept giving us opportunities to win the game and we just didn't get it done. That's why it was so disappointing.

We had a good showing in Ft. Worth this past weekend. Pretty much all of our pitchers that threw did great for us. Our defense is not quite where I would like it to be, but we have a lot of talent, and the guys are working hard. We need to improve.

We had a good shooting night. Our defense was good, and we played them tough under the basket. We're peaking at the right time.

We had a good look. It went just the way we designed it. They played good perimeter defense early and Sean got a little open and we were able to pop it out to him. I thought we were headed to overtime when it left his hands. It just went in and popped back out.

Ron Wilson

We're not paying attention. Our defense has to stay back and we only had one in position. They picked us apart. A tired mental mistake was made at that point, not looking and not understanding or seeing what you've got off a rush.

We've definitely found our identity, our chemistry. Our defense is playing excellent right now and everyone on offense sees the goal.

Ozzie Guillen

To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04). Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.

Ozzie Guillen

To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04), ... Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.

We were tired of being told that the defense isn't any good. That we don't have any good players. That we can't tackle. As a professional, it's week to week. You have another week to redeem yourself.

Spencer Hawes

This year we've come together as a team and we've emphasized family. Our defense is 10 times better than last year. I'm so excited about what we can do in the district championship and at state.

This year's success reminded me why I wanted to come here. I like to play physical defense.

We just have to play defense. Our defense has to get better.

Brad Boyes

We didn't give up a lot. Our defense played well, limited their chances. They didn't get a lot and it was a key part to our victory.

We didn't give Ravenna many good looks at the basket. We've been working hard on our defense in practice.

We didn't get it done on either shot. It doesn't matter what you do on defense if you don't protect the backboards.

We didn't get back to stop them on defense in transition in the second half. Overall, we just did not do the job we needed to do on the defensive end. Offensively, we got some good shots, but they just didn't drop.

We didn't get back on defense and they got a lot of baskets off the transition or we put them at the foul line.

We didn't get a lot of steals from the defense but we did disrupt their offense and took them out of their flow.

Ron Dayne

We didn't get all our third downs, and that was the thing that kept the defense on the field so much. We just have to keep working on it. We did better than we did last week. We're getting better and improving.

We did not play very focused and didn't execute on offense, defense or fast break. We started the game down 15-0 and fought back to tie the game in the third quarter at 33, but we let Sweeny go on a 16-0 run. We had too many mental breakdowns, and we need to win some games on the road to have a shot at doing something in district.

We did not play defense well. We are going to have to get a whole lot better when we get back into region play. I am glad to get the win, but we made too many errors.

We had a 10-minute letdown after our goal. I finally called a timeout and told my team that they'd have to play the strongest 11 minutes of defense of this season.

We got lazy with our defense and rebounding after jumping out to an early lead. After a halftime talk, we played harder and picked up the intensity in the second half.

We are starting to realize we have to hit to win games. The defense can't do it all the time. Hopefully we can reach our goal and win the rest of our region games.

We are starting to play much better as a team. We're helping on defense and we're not being as selfish on the offensive end. It's nice to see and it's nice to be a part of it again.

Kevin Kelly

To think about how many yards he put up in such a short time this season, it's truly remarkable. I think that kind of shows those schools that were looking at him only on defense that he had the right idea.