Famous Quotes & Sayings

We'll take it. Klein Forest played well and we didn't play bad. We made some plays. Klein Forest hung around. This district is so competitive.

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.

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.

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).

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

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).

We can enjoy this and celebrate, but we know they are a team that we will see in the District 4 playoffs. We can't forget that.

Whatever we can do in the district to help, we're going to do it.

There is a gap between what the district has offered and what we think is reasonable and fair. They just want to get this over and done with. They're not seeing it from our point of view.

The people that I have worked with within our school district are outstanding. Everyone's main objective is the right one ... the kids.

We talked about that after our district tournament last week, and I told the kids we were in a similar situation in 2004. Everyone was sure we were going to state that season, and we knew we had to come with our 'A' game (Thursday).

We're pretty excited about it. We've won the districts five times, and we finally got our win at region.

We toughened our schedule up to be better prepared for the district run and it so happened that the kids responded to the challenge.

We've got to win (today) to stay in the district race.

We've got to settle for smaller accomplishments. Four district wins is more than we've ever had.

Gary Thomas

We've got to go onto districts and win on the road. I think we can win our last two games, but they're at home. We've got to play better on the road. We were not ready to play....I'm disappointed by the way we played on the road.

We think 7.5 percent is a fair offer, given the financial constraints the district finds itself in.

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

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 thought we played well as a team. Will pitched a great game, and we were able to get Zach some pitches. He hadn't pitched since district started. Now we've got a week off to get ready for our showdown with Atlanta.

I thought to myself that I couldn't go out like that. I've placed freshman and sophomore year. My goal this year is to get to a district final.

I think we were uptight for this game. I think we were nervous playing for a district title here in front of all these people.