Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have guys who have been in district and state games before, and that will help us.

We won our first district title back in 1993 on a half-court shot, and I thought it was going to happen again.

There are seven teams in our district that have five losses or fewer.

There are school districts that show a ton of success with demographics just like ours. Let's go see what the heck they're doing.

There are school districts that are trying to find minorities because of the populations they serve, and our staff works to make those connections.

We offered to let her be a non-speaking member of UNME (teachers union) just so she could attend, but the district didn't think that was legal.

We, of course, would like to see the legislature do three things. One is increase overall funding to public schools so that our school district has the resources that it needs to get the job done for all kids. That's got to be their No. 1 priority.

We have three teams in this district that are very, very close. I think we have picked up our intensity and focus. We're starting to peak at the right time.

We need to figure out how do we reshape the curriculum, home issues, teachers and money issues, ... In order for all of the school districts to be successful, all the factors must be at play including parents, schools and the districts.

We've been fortunate enough to have success this year at home due in large part to the fan support. Tonight we're going to need those fans more than ever. Regardless of how everything shakes out, there's going to be a good team from this district not in the playoffs.

Williams is just as much of an unknown outside his district as Darden is,

We have one more shot to get in. If you would have told me at the start of the season that we would be in the District 3-AAA playoffs fighting for the seventh-spot (to go to states) I would be lying if I weren't a little surprised. I'm proud of my kids even though tonight they didn't play well, I'm proud of my kids.

Joseph Murphy

When you're in a district that's still short hundreds of teachers, I'll take 17 new ones any day,

We have all kinds of ways to supplement it because a half million dollars is not nearly enough for a district the size of Brevard.

Tim Hatten

We have a good district with good football players. Hattiesburg, Oak Grove and St. Stanislaus have good programs. Our players have done a good job.

We wanted to grab some quality teams for this tournament. All the teams look to be pretty evenly matched and this should be a good test for us going into district play.

We're well on our way to making this a successful district and a good place to live.

We're very saddened, something like this has not happened in the district for a long time.

We hope this is a great success because I think (there are) many rural districts who could use this.

We don't expect people living in the district to support fire services for our development. We are going to pay our fair share.

You always want to win a district championship and see what happens from there. Now we are in a 32-team tournament. We'll see how far we can go.

We dug a hole in the first quarter. It hurts to lose, but we had a real good run. These girls did a great job. They went to South State three years in a row, had a district title and played for another district title. They've done a great job in rebuilding the program.

We really want to take all three games, because we'll need that going into district next week.

Kelly Martin

We really needed this win. Not just in the district race, but also for our confidence.

We don't have 25,000 messengers to send our message out like the school district has .

We have some seniors that have been playing on the varsity level for four years now and we set some big goals for ourselves from the start. We wanted to get the district title back and we did that. Now we want to make some noise in the playoffs.

We have been to every shelter everyday giving samples, giving prescriptions, referring people back to the health district that need further care.

We can work with a district who is willing to annex us or do nothing and the state will end up telling us where our students will go.

We aren't as surprised to win the district championship as some other people might be.

We are not surprised, but we are disappointed by the district attorney's decision.

We made history. (Winning the district title) is something that we've talked about all season long. We actually talked about it late last season. ... It's something that means a lot to us, and we're going to have it for the rest of our lives.

We all need to work equally so we can make the district as good as it can be.

We are in jeopardy of our historic districts disappearing. By stopping work on any projects for now, an effort can be made to fix the guidelines so that we're not threatened by large-scale construction down the road.