Thomas Gardner
Thomas Gardner
Col. Thomas Gardnerwas an American political figure and soldier...
accustomed conscious early effort games gone heart hurt losing people played players streak throughout tried
I think it was just a conscious effort just to play better. I think if we had played like this throughout this losing streak a lot of games would have gone differently. I thought tonight, after the game a lot of players really hurt because of the loss. Early with a loss, we'd just get accustomed to it. This is a game that really hurt because I think that people really played their heart out and really tried to win.
cap eight games jimmy nine owe season senior teammates
Where is there to quit? We've still got eight or nine games left. The season is still not over. I owe it to Jimmy and Cap (Kevin Young), it's their senior seasons, and to myself and my teammates not to quit.
bad evident game perform shots wanting
In a big game you always want to perform well, and I think I was just a little over-anxious in the first half. I think that was evident in my shots going long or short, kind of wanting to get that first shot so bad to go in.
expect finish games last league lose row top
This is the same predicament we were in last year. We can't lose this many games in a row in league and expect to finish in the top half.
coaching continue create game plans search staff strategies trying
Right now we're still trying to search for that win. It doesn't get any easier. ... It's all in our control. We're the ones playing. All the coaching staff can do is continue to create strategies and game plans for us to go out and execute. We have to play the game.
against foul heart kevin luckily missed reaching shots year
Those shots have been going in all year against us. My heart kind of dropped. Luckily, he missed it, and luckily Kevin (Young) didn't get called for a foul for reaching in.
coach earlier easier knew quit type
We knew Coach Snyder wasn't that type of guy. It would have been easier for him to quit earlier in the season, but we've been through so much we knew he didn't quit.
missed
We missed 17 (shots) in a row? We really did?
against behind last
Nothing against Baylor, but being in last place behind Baylor is kind of embarrassing.
best last rely team tend took
Last year, our team kind of splintered and we relied on 3-pointers to get us back into the game. We never really took it one play at a time. Personally, that was something that I relied on a lot last year. It was just a really up-and-down season, and when you struggle, you tend to rely on what you do best. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I was doing best last year.
coach definitely earlier
I said earlier that if coach Watkins is here, I would definitely come back.
quick ready trying turnaround win
We take a win any way we can get it right now. We're 5-4; we're trying to end up 7-4 before conference. Now we've got a quick turnaround to get ready for Oakland and Calvin Wooten, who's averaging 24.
broke cried hard words
He was speechless. He broke down. It was hard for him to get the words out. . . . I cried when he broke down.
against fight good half hard hole ourselves struggled struggling
We struggled in the first half and we put ourselves in a hole. That's something we've been struggling with the whole year. When you put yourself in a hole against a good team, it's going to be hard to fight back.