Bill Boyd Quotations

We have intentionally selected Cancun for this event to show our support of the rebuilding of its hospitality infrastructure following the debilitating hurricanes of 2005.

We want to make sure we do everything we can to help our employees in that region, ... Right now we are still focused on the recovery effort and making sure that our employees are able to receive their paychecks and reach out for medical assistance in the areas where they may have relocated.

Some of (Central's) kids outplayed us at times. We never could put things together consistently. It's nice to be able to execute in the end like we did.

Obviously on paper it's a lot better (to be 4-1). I'm incredibly proud of the kids and where they've put themselves. The kids have worked their tails off. Now we've got to finish it.

We're prepared to do the work of identifying candidates that embrace our values and then we'll go from there to work with their campaigns and get their names out.

I thought we found the seams in the zone better at the start of the third quarter, and then we made some shots. In the first half, we had a few looks but didn't make the shots.

I thought our kids really came out and played well. I thought the third quarter was the difference. We held them to three points. The kids' team defense was so much better. They're a good basketball team and they're going to be reckoned with the rest of the way.

Kyle has really been working hard in the workouts and he's been running with the seniors, which is good.

Our top five guys all finished in the top 30, so we're seeing improvement. It was the hardest course we'll run on this year, so the times weren't great.

I'm impressed with how well they're playing. They're quick, they shoot the ball well and they press. They play full-court for 32 minutes. If things are falling for them they're especially tough.

We had two options on that play. We were going to push it and see if we could find numbers and if we looked like we had a seam we were going to go play. I felt like if they had their defense set it was going to be hard for us to take a timeout and try to run something set.

Tremendous ball pressure, good denial. It's just a great tradition up there. It hurt us. Then it seemed like when we got past that wave of pressure we turned the ball over. We had more turnovers than shots in the first half.

We had some kids make a few shots and, when your shot's falling, automatically you're going to play a little harder. Nicole Vest will play hard regardless, thank goodness, and she did score tonight which is a nice addition for us.

As the New Orleans area begins its recovery, we are pleased to play a part. Returning our employees to work and to their livelihoods will also help in the recovery process.

Dec. 6 when we played them it was a nightmare for us. We didn't play well. It hurt our kids. To our kids' credit, they bounced back from that.

There wasn't a tremendous amount expected out of our kids anyway. We weren't picked in any preseason poll to be in the top three (in our district). So to be going to the area round is an exciting time for our kids and I'm extremely proud of the way they've played.

There's a long way to go for us, but this is a really big win.

It was the best effort we've had since I've been here. Lacy Hill is just sick as a dog and everyone had to step it up a little extra for us. We got great effort from everybody.

It was a very hot day, so our times weren't as good as we would have wanted. The race started at 1:50 in the afternoon, so it was the hottest part of the day.

It's not how I envisioned it. We were actually working on (scouting for) Permian when we got the call from (Lady Panthers coach Neal Raphael). We didn't back into it by any means but we appreciated the help.

Derek's time at the beginning of last season was around 22 minutes, but by the end of the year he was in the low 18's. He wants to knock another minute off that this year. If he improves on his sprinting, I think he's capable of that. By the time he's a senior, he could be one of the best in the league.

The two captains - seniors Trey Wolfe and Evan Shephard - made a lot of calls and made sure the team got together for workouts, which didn't happen last year,

I'm thrilled with the turnout. A lot more have called to say they support us or have signed our petitions that couldn't be here this morning. We're going to keep the heat on until this wrong is made right.

I'm not surprised we're in the race. But to have 22 wins against some of the teams we've played and to have a 1 1/2-game lead at this point, I'm surprised.

In some ways I don't feel like I got (the Lady Rebels) ready. It was more for pride than anything. The last Lee district champion went 10-2 so 11-1 is a great accomplishment. It's a great credit to our kids.

I think our kids did an incredible job (defensively). We were a man (to-man) team all year and we came out in a Mickey Mouse zone and it keeps us in there. Then a few possessions there we changed the zone and trapped out of it. We got a couple steals and came real close to get some traveling calls. But we couldn't quite get things done.

(Howard) ran the floor real well, our kids did a great job finding her and she did a great job of finishing. We're very excited about that. Taylor has come a long way in a year.

I don't really even want to think about Cooper. I'm so concerned with Central. They're a good basketball team. They're very capable of beating us and going to San Angelo is never easy. Cooper is not on the radar right now.

Their attitude is they don't want the team to get really good after they graduate. They want it to be good now and later on.

The city is basically saying that the police and firefighters didn't have its permission to sue.