(Momentum) manifests itself by winning. Part of it helps your psyche ? you feel more confident coming off a win than a loss. ... Maybe you don't panic when things aren't going as well as they should because, 'OK, we've had success.' It's a big part of anything in athletics, no doubt. |
He does all the small things for us. He gets guys in the right spot and is kind of a coach out on the floor. |
He hasn't complained one time. We were hoping to sit him down for two weeks so it could heal a little but we couldn't afford to do it. |
He shows so much heart and is so determined. He will never give in. Chris has just been a lot of fun to coach. He's a really tough kid and a real hard-working kid. He really believes in himself, and it would have been easy for him to give up. |
He's the ultimate team guy. There was one guy who wasn't buying into what we were doing and we felt like we needed some more help in the front line. |
Hopefully, this will give us a shot in the arm. I firmly believe anyone can beat anyone in this league. |
I always knew this was what I wanted to do. |
I don't think those things happen overnight. |
I think it's a Catch-22. You're always going to run into one kid who says, 'I want to go to Ames, Iowa, or Cedar Falls.' Then there some who want to stay home. You have to find the right one. |
I'd be happy to take that call, too. We'd love to play one more game. We all will be going to mass (this) morning. |
I'm disappointed in how we played the last two minutes. |
It seemed like an eternity to me. We just couldn't get going there. |
It was a great game to win and an equally tough one for a coach to lose. [UIC coach] Jimmy Collins did a great job switching defenses on us. |
Loyola is a very good school academically, and he wanted to go to the school of business. We don't have a major where we can hide a kid here. Our school of business is top-notch. He is, to me, a really true life story about a kid who would not give up. He's just a warrior. He'll make a great employee wherever he decides to go. |
They had us back on our heels, so we said we have to talk about defense. |