Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Formerly played for South Sydney from 1975 to 1979 and is best known as the coach of teams like the Illawarra Steelers and Parramatta Eels.
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth14 March 1954
came elders happened listen others talk wanting
I came back wanting to listen to my elders and talk to others about all that happened in my life.
cordial
He's very professional. He's very cordial during the game.
handle work
In the long term, we're going to need something more to work with. This isn't going to handle a lot of growth.
associate freshman interested stories success time year
In my mind, he's one of the neatest success stories around. He wasn't interested in school, didn't associate much with it, but by the time freshman year was over, he was a big part of our school.
enjoy exceeded expected turn
I never would have expected this to turn out like it has. We've exceeded expectations, for sure. I just want to enjoy it, because this doesn't come around all the time.
again couple days definitely district few games hard mean till tough wins wrapped
I know we wrapped up the No. 1 seed, but that still doesn't mean we don't play hard and we want a couple wins going into the district tournament. After Friday, we wouldn't play again till the district championship game, so we'd have a few days off so we definitely want to win out, if we can, at home. I mean, they're going to be two tough games back-to-back.
either knew surprise
I knew we were pretty athletic, but I thought we would either take our lumps or surprise people. We've done both.
country gas goal government natural opportunity paid supply third treated wants
The goal in Trinidad is to give them an opportunity to supply natural gas to this facility. Trinidad as a government and as a country does not want to be treated as a Third World country and get paid only for their gas supply, but wants to take part in downstream investments.
guys playing trusting
The guys started trusting each other more. We started playing as a team.
attitude games guys last mind nobody people played playing respects role seed thinks underdog won
The guys have played with the attitude (that) nobody really respects them and nobody really thinks they can win. We don't mind playing the underdog role and I think there's a lot of people that thought we were the underdog at the 4 seed and we shouldn't have been seeded fourth, and that's fine. Those are people's opinions, but we've won 16 of our last 18 games right now and we're just on a roll.
banner beginning district finish goal guys season seed since solid strong
These guys had a goal since the beginning of the season to get a banner in the gym. We still have the district tournament, but we know if we finish strong we should get a solid seed in state.
label
A more appropriate label would be Shiner Lager,
deal describe level
The level of incompetence I have had to deal with is unbelievable. I can't describe how disappointed I've been.
good kids main next spot
The main thing is that we got the kids through to next week. We're in a good spot right now.