Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the Peekskill High School boys basketball team. He has coached current National Basketball Associationplayers. Among them are center Hilton Armstrong, and NBA all-star Elton Brand. He is a member of the New York Basketball Hall of Fame...
execute people
People know what's coming. We just have to execute it.
click hearing honored looking people proud room selected
Looking at all the people in that room and hearing them read all the accomplishments, it really started to click that this is something very special. I'm just so proud and honored to be selected for this.
everybody gets leave looked pain sitting
So everybody gets up to leave and Hilton?s still sitting there. He looked like he was in pain.
belong create guys love maybe pressure
That's an interesting proposition. Absolutely, I would love to see it. We're the little guys and maybe we don't belong there ... but I would love the challenge. They would have more pressure than we (would). I think it would create a lot of interest.
condition mental pointed pose problems
I pointed out how well conditioned they are. We like to think we're in tip-top condition too though. It's all about mental focus. If we do what we do well, we'll pose problems for them.
base built expect fall feeling great guys small strong
I didn't expect it. I thought I would fall backwards. I didn't know how strong those guys were and they had small arms, but once they built the base around me it was a great feeling being up there.
admitted feeling four good last matured three
He's matured a lot over the last four years. He admitted that the first three years have been tough, that he didn't know if he was going to be able to get it right up there. Now he's feeling really good and confident.
certainly compare matching motivation overcome prove pull scrappy state team time title tremendous wants
I can compare it to our time being up there first time and that was tremendous motivation for us. A team like that which has been that scrappy wants to pull in a first state title to prove it's not a fluke. We certainly have to overcome that by matching that will to win.
basket body confusion feet lack total
I mean, he?d be 30 feet from the basket fouling somebody. He?d never be in there to rebound, where he should be. It was just total confusion and lack of understanding: What is my body doing here in this space?