I'm just going into the whole situation with no ego. I'm going to be prepared to learn from Coach Brown, soak up as much as I can. My whole thing is whatever he needs from me to make us a better team, I'm going to do. |
I'm just really hoping that we come out of this thing experiencing some real momentum going into the conference meet. It's our last opportunity to build the engine, complete it and get it where it's running up to max. |
I'm just trying to hit it, that's it. I was told a long time ago when I first came up, we're producers, not directors. All you can do is hit it, you can't control where it goes and if it happens to go somewhere, fine. |
I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that had to do with the raising my parents gave me and my sister - Veronica Cartwright, who's an actress in her own right. |
I'm more excited right now than I was after the state meet last year. The competition here was way better than I imagined it would be. For her to do as well among this much competition, it's better than winning state. |
I'm never surprised when our team makes a big run from behind because we are fortunate enough to have guys who have a lot of character and never let up. It's very energy-consuming to have to make a comeback like that. |
I'm not backing down from what I said. I wasn't saying (it) to be bold or to be cocky. I was saying it because I have confidence in my team and my teammates. That's the mentality that I'm trying to bring to this team. |
I'm not even thinking that way. The NCAA is something that happens at the end of the year as a reward for playing your tail off. We're in year one and we've got eight scholarship guys and we're just trying to make it. |
I'm not going to comment on the stories, ... People are going to keep bringing up stories and some things are made up and some things are true. But we're done with it and people can keep going with it if they want to. |
I'm not going to use Brian Thornton as an excuse. I love him, and he's gone. What you miss is just the physical size and presence of a guy 6-8, 240, but I'm not going to go down that alley. We're a different team now. |
I'm not inclined to totally forgive the debt. I'm not even inclined to compromise. It's just clear that the Japanese government did not meet the commitment it made last April. It's unfortunate, and this is the result. |
I'm not saying anybody in the past didn't want to win. I wasn't here and I wasn't a part of [all] those teams, but this team just wants to win so bad. We're competitive. It's in our genes. It's got to be in our blood. |
I'm not saying I support what they do, but it was very important to learn why they do what they do, to take readers and students into their point of view to better understand the conditions that lead youth into gangs, |
I'm not sure what happened to the track, whether someone was dropping oil or what, but the track was very slick in the afternoon. I was losing three-tenths per lap on a couple of the turns. It was very tough to drive. |
I'm not throwing my hat in the ring but I'd love Andy to come here, even use it as a training base if he likes, and see how we might help him. I like the kid's style. He's a radical, like Andre Agassi at the same age. |