Amy Stephens
Amy Stephens
Amy Stephens is a Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Stephens represented House District 20, which covers northern El Paso County, Colorado, including portions of Colorado Springs and the areas surrounding the United States Air Force Academy. She served as the House Majority Leader during the two years of Republican control of the House from 2010 - 2012. Following redistricting, Stephens was elected as the representative for Colorado's 19th House District. She...
hump late needed
We didn't buckle down when we needed to get over the hump late in the game.
kids matter talk time
We talk all the time to our kids that it shouldn't matter where you play. But it does.
carpet challenges kids leave met tougher ways
We didn't jell right away, and in a lot of ways I was tougher on her than some of the kids that did leave the program. She was called on the carpet in a lot of areas, but she met those challenges head-on.
parity
There's just not much difference. There's so much parity in the league.
defend
You have to defend everyone like they're a starter.
basketball brought call high program terms vision work
You can call me a disciplinarian, but I like to think we brought high expectations to the basketball program in terms of the work ethic, in terms of our vision for the program.
heart reports scouting took
I don't think we took our scouting reports to heart.
battle linda nine point win
Nine point nine times out of 10 we win that game. I'll go to battle with Linda any day of the week.
bench helps needs positive supportive
She's still not where she needs to be. At 75 percent, she still helps us. She's been very supportive and positive as a bench player.
admire perseverance
She's been through it. I admire her perseverance.
excited kids negative sitting wasted
(Of course) I don't want them to be excited to lose. But I don't want my kids sitting around sulking and pouting because it's wasted negative energy.
felt minutes
I felt like we outplayed them the first 15 minutes of the game.
coming courage nine second win
This was a big win for us. We were down nine (44-35) and they (Illinois State) had the ball. We showed a lot of courage coming back in the second half.
defensive effort great top
It was a great defensive effort from top to bottom.