From the Eastchester game to now, it's been an unbelievable ride. ... They've worked hard every single day and done everything we've asked of them. They really deserve this. |
I'd be a pretty lousy coach if my team didn't get any better, wouldn't I? It just took time. |
I'm not a fool. I know the size difference of the school, but the reality is when I walked in the gym and had three players, I almost went home and cried. You know, what did I get myself into? |
I've been telling the kids all season about my two 'E' words — energy and enthusiasm. When we play with energy and enthusiasm, this is what's going to happen. |
It was 30 years ago and you still don't forget. It's like a delicious steak in front of you and someone comes in and says you can't have a bite. |
It's an old cliche, but I'm an old coach so I can use it: All it takes is all you got. You look at him and you say he should be a double-double guy for us. Because of his inexperience and age I don't think he got the most out of his ability, and he's just starting to realize now you have to work tremendously hard to get results. |
Offensive basketball is like the stock market — it goes up and down. He had to reach that level of consistency on defense. |
These kids could all grow up and be rich and eat lobster the rest of their lives. And nothing will taste better than those french fries. |
To the people out there who vote on budgets: They took away something real precious. Like Whitney Houston says, children are our future, and if we don't support education — and athletics is a part of that — then what will we have in the future? |
When I took the job it was like walking in a dark room because I had been at Mount Vernon for so long I didn't know anything else. The first day of practice I had three players in the gym, and to end the season like this is like a Hollywood movie. |