Steve Collins
Steve Collins
Stephen Collins, more commonly known as Steve Collins, is an Irish former professional boxer. Known as "The Celtic Warrior", Collins is the most successful Irish boxer in professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super middleweight titles...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth21 July 1964
against defend freshman gotta state
You gotta defend him. I'd put him up against any freshman in the state right now. He doesn't play like he's 14. Just the things he does around the basket, the way he rebounds, the way he finishes. ... (He's) just amazing.
became eye help looked shell special state stuff win
He looked me in the eye and told me, 'I want to help the guys. I want to help win a state championship,' ... At that point, he became one of those special kids. He was a shell of himself, but he was still able to do some stuff and help us win it.
against freshman state
I'd put him up against any freshman in the state right now. He doesn't play like he's (15).
eighth good great knew physically
I knew he'd be good in the eighth grade. He had a big body. He had great hands. He was just physically ready.
comfort took
They just took us out of our comfort zone. That's the way you know they are a well-coached team.
guys handle ready reason
We were ready for it. We were able to handle it. These two guys showed up and that's the reason we're here.
prepare situation year
We're going to be an underdog. It's going to be a new situation for us. A lot of the things we've been doing all year will prepare us for this game.
attack
We're going to attack the rim. We're going to be aggressive. We're going to come at you.
die shot three
We live and die by our runs. That's what we do. If you can kind of fend off our two or three runs, you've got a shot at us.
die three
We live and die by our runs. If you can fend off two or three of our runs, then you have a chance.
gets rest time until
There's not an offseason for a lot of these kids. It's like I told Keaton. This will be the one time he gets to rest until he's what, 22 years old. ... For some kids, it's a lot.
bench best last lost seat year
Once you've been to state, the bench is the best seat in the house. We lost a lot from last year but we're back in the hunt. That's all you can ask.
confidence lead played
Once we got a lead we got our confidence and played better.
chuck coach finished last record school
said ninth-year coach Chuck Adamopulos. ''We set a school record for fumbles last year. We finished 3-7 and actually outscored our opponents.