Will Witherspoon
Will Witherspoon
William "Will" Cordell Witherspoonis a retired American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia. He has also played for the St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and Tennessee Titans...
game gets hope last panther stuff time until worked
I hope this was not my last game in a Panther uniform. It's a long time from now until all of that kind of stuff gets worked out. So we'll just go day-by-day.
basket couple game great hit knew shots took
The thing that made his game great was that some of the shots he took we were out there on him. We knew that he was going to hit some shots. We said we just don't want him to get anything easy. I don't think he got anything easy, but he still got to the basket a couple of times. That's what made it difficult.
anticipate asking ball bounce game guys hopefully hoping mentally paying sitting start visualize
I've been asking them to visualize and go through the game mentally and anticipate so that you're not just sitting and hoping. If the ball bounces and you didn't think it was going to bounce to you you're probably not going to get it. Hopefully it's paying off for him and I'm hoping some of the other guys are going to start doing that too.
focused game last next soon team thinking year
As soon as last year's game ended, I started thinking about the next year and getting back to state. We were all so focused as a team this year to win.
class freshman game guys help last played rarely seniors three year
Last year's class was great, but they did have the help of those guys, those three guys who are here and seniors now. And what made it really challenging for these three is . . . we had to play a lot of freshman and a lot of new guys. And last year we rarely played a freshman in a game like this. We didn't have to go that deep.
bad dreaming felt game girls last night sleep winning year
I felt like I had to do it. We really wanted this bad and the girls who were with us last year really wanted us to do it. I've been dreaming about winning state. I couldn't sleep the night before the game because that was all I could think about.
believe game gave harder kept played playing
We kept playing harder as the game went on, that's something you have to do. You have to believe you're going to come back. We weren't necessarily playing well but we played harder and that gave us a chance.
best game goes great guys patch together
We were doing the best we can to patch it all together when the game started, when he had no fouls. When he goes out . . . it's difficult. It's great to get those (other) guys some experience, but it's not a stress-free experience.
carolina game good hard hurts north trying win
It?s hard to just come out there and lose; we?re trying to win every game. North Carolina is a good team?but it hurts; every game hurts to lose.
best effort game gave history near tough tremendous
We really gave it a tremendous effort on the backboard. It's a tough place to play, there's a lot of history in this building. We did our best to try to give them the game near the end.
conference games last learned
We play 18 conference games and it's such a long season. We learned a lot from that last season.
challenge embraced game locked night playing senior supposed took
They took the challenge of playing them and embraced it. They locked in for most of the game defensively and really embraced the Senior Night the way it was supposed to be.
felt game played
They played a lot of zone, and I felt like I could have impacted that game greatly. It was bad. I wanted to get out there and play.
believe class four game home next psychology senior time
This is the first class that I've had for four years, and they've had the psychology to persevere. The time went by so fast. I can't believe our next home game will be Senior Night.