Famous Quotes & Sayings

Doug Scott

I'm so thankful the Park District is doing this, ... Rockford is such a great sports town and has a great golf history. It's a great idea to recognize some of the people who were so good in the game, and to have one of them be Ken is really neat.

I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good teams that we are going to play early in the season. Hopefully, that will prepare us for district play.

I was laughing with the kids. We started the district tourney, and we said our goal was to get to the state tournament. Now that we accomplished that, we want to win this thing.

I feel that he has been an exceptional leader for Pickens County. The district has done well under his leadership. I hate to see him leave us.

Free throws are why we lost our two district games. We focused on that and it's reassuring when we come through like that at the line. It shows how the team is focused.

Robert Moore

For so many years, people have had to go outside the District to do their shopping.

Ron Kind

Furthermore, I represent a rural district where agriculture plays an important role in the economy and the life of many of its citizens.

Joe Murphy

Jake was total dominance on the mound. Brown's homer in the fifth was a big hit for us. It was a good district win.

I think it (playing the District over two days) is a good idea, especially since we were lucky enough to get a bye.

I think it'll be one of the most exciting district track meets we've had in a while. It's going to be a battle. I've got it where there's four teams that are going to score over 100 points and three teams scoring over 130. It's going to be fun.

Tommy Aldridge

It all starts with defense. The way this team turned it around from going 4-8 in district last year, I am as proud as any team I have coached.

It always makes it nice when the team performs this well. I'm not surprised with the way they played. They have been playing better; I hope they peak at the right time with districts on Tuesday.

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

Burt wrestled varsity full-time this season and made it to the district which is a very good achievement. It was great to see him progress and do well at the end of the year.

I feel we've overachieved this season. After we missed the playoffs last year, we set our sights on this. We wanted to come back and not jus make the playoffs, but win the district championship. This says a lot about the characteristic of our kids.

Chris Williams

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

I think it's important that you go out and win every game. This game is just as important as the rest. It's not a district game, but psychologically you want to go out and play good football. This game could really help the winner.

It comes down to those kids. Our five seniors are great leaders. We have great kids who are on one page. That's what it takes and that's what we got (in the district championship game).

It is a big step up from sectional to district competition. Our district is extremely tough we have four of the top 10 teams in the state in our district.

Mike Johnson

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's not much mystery. It will be a matter of who out-executes whom.

I was disappointed in our effort in the first half, especially after we played so well Tuesday night (in a district win at Pulaski County).

Having to sit and watch the district tournament was hard, not being out there. But the girls won it without me and I was glad I could just come back and do what I could to help them (in the region).

He's a winner, no doubt about it. There's a reason he's the district Player of the Year.

I expected to make the playoffs and to be district champions. I knew it was going to be hard with the young team we had.

I expected it. We were in the Commonwealth District last year and I knew the teams here were competitive.

I don't think it's a good option. It may be what the district wants, but it's not what everybody wants.

For me, to get to the other side of the district is about an hour and 15 minute drive.

I got a laptop over the last two weeks, which helps me monitor any district or school needs that arise.

We may kind of fly under the radar a bit, but we have a good sound team. We were seeded fourth last year, and this year we'd like to go out and win a district title.

We look at the developments that are occurring in the School District area.

I would have loved to put an offender from each specific district and not obscured their name. But we'd have put ourselves at liability to do so.

I would have felt better if our girls had scored more runs after the third inning, but it turns out they didn't need to. This will help us enter the district tournament next week on the upbeat. I really wasn't sure it would go our way, but I am glad it did.