Chuck D. Ball Quotations

We wanted to spread them out. We are much more athletic than most teams we play, and when we have played the ball wide, we've always got people who are well-disciplined in their positions back door.

They broke our trap pretty easily in the first half. But in the second half, we were able to pound the ball inside and get some baskets.

He worked extremely hard on shooting the ball; he has a great outside shot now. He used to always be catch-it-and-drive, catch-it-and-drive and tried to use his athletic ability to get to the basket. But now, he is shooting the ball as efficiently as anyone we have.

I don't think there's any question that by the year 2007, ... this is going to be a winning organization and a winning baseball team for the first time.

We weren't surprised (Aurora West) made a run at us because they have a lot of quickness that you just can't simulate in practice. Their 1-2-2 zone can cause problems, but if you move the ball and make good passes, it can open some shots up, and Jordan and Logan made a couple of big 3s against it.

We came out ready to play and played a solid game. We had better defensive pressure and shot the ball a lot better than in our last meeting.

We had some fans claim that they can get a cheaper rate during the State Fair than during state basketball. (CHSAA) thought the problem had been taken care of; then I went to an outreach meeting with some of the small outlying schools and they asked about it again.

In the second half, we passed the ball better, we defended the ball better and we rebounded the ball better.

We've executed and gotten the ball to guys who can score. We've established our inside game and played pretty good defense.

We've just been playing steady basketball the whole season.

He's a special person and an unbelievable student. He will be part of a basketball team that might have an opportunity to play in the state tournament. That shows what kind of team player he is.

We were not a throwing team in high school, ... If you were recruiting now with 85 scholarships, you're not recruiting me. We threw the ball five times a game in high school and didn't get many phone calls.

He wants the ball late and the kids want him to have it.

He was reluctant, obviously, at first. ... He has made a great sacrifice. That was a team thing that Dwayne did, because Dwayne played a lot of football in the last three years as a defensive tackle.

It's not an excuse but it's a reason. I thought our kids gave a great effort. Our game plan, we did exactly what we wanted to do. We relied on our defense and our special teams. We wanted to make sure our offense didn't turn the ball over. We just didn't execute when it came time.

I've been coaching Marissa in softball since she was about 7 or 8, and she's a very good ball player. I felt this would be a great opportunity to go to Europe and put a finishing touch on her youth career before she goes to college.

I thought we started to move the ball up the court faster than we had been. I think our size was a definite advantage for us inside, especially in the first half when we were able to put pressure on them.

These kind of ball games will do nothing but make us better. Our team is close knit and we'll be tighter than ever.

That consistency has lent itself to quality football teams and quality programs and traditions that lends itself to seeing what you're seeing this year.

Esko was really tough. They really ran the ball so well. I was afraid for a while they'd worn our players out... We had to hang on there in the last 18 minutes.

He's a good kid. Michael, overall, had a fine football game.

We realized our potential tonight. We took care of the ball and took selective shots. We did a nice job of moving our feet on defense and contesting shots.

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The first time I coached, a kid named Casey Adkins won his first-ever medal in the basketball skills competition. The smile on his face when he won was just amazing. It made me want to do this even more.

We needed to get a win, and that was the big thing ... . We could feel it on the sideline. Our guys said, 'We can run the football on these guys,' and they did a nice job.

Mario's looked outstanding catching the ball on possession passes, which is what Danny excelled in.

Two good coaching staffs, two great football teams. I think this will be great for America.

(Fields) has great height, great hands, runs the ball very well after the catch, and can even make the tough catches in a crowd. He's just a great, solid kid. (Dunn) runs the ball very well. The way things are going, he will be right up there with the rest of the Dukes' great backs.

The kids hit the ball well today - in fact, if anything we might have been a little too aggressive at the plate. Jared and Ethan both had very good at-bats.

We took the ball down the field and tried to flex our muscles, and we (couldn't).