Garrick Phillips Quotations

We've typically started games slowly and methodically stuck to our game. Everybody is pretty excited to play us. We've been resilient.

We have a special deal in our community, and with the kids. Unfortunately, it's about wins and losses sometimes. But overall it's a lot bigger than that.

We set the tone late in the first quarter and then more so in the second.

Lynden is a good basketball team. There is no question they were better than us. That certainly wasn't the best effort we had.

I don't shy away from telling you that if we didn't win this game and qualify for the state tournament, it would've been a disappointment for all of us. To get it done in this kind of fashion is very gratifying.

I thought about that a lot this year. I think a lot of it is the quality of their character. They're always positive with one another.

I'm still very proud of these kids. I will go to battle with them anytime. I have no regrets with these kids.

We definitely didn't have the size to match up with him. On the defensive end, he was grabbing all of our misses. You've got to play perfect against a guy like that.

We kind of dared them to shoot the ball from the outside, and they made us pay.

We just kept telling them to attack, attack, attack.

It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit.

Pretty darn courageous effort. We made the plays late we needed to win the game. These are kids I want to be with every day This is a special group of kids and win or lose they are going to have a special place in my heart forever.

The bullseye on our chest is growing, we are getting everyone's best shot. We are stepping up to the challenge.

(The bye is) a little bit helpful if you look at the bracket.

They were making a lot of shots in the second quarter. I didn't think we played poorly.

They ran with a double-down on Englund, and he showed enough awareness to get the ball to Meuli who made a great shot.

It's a quality opponent and an opportunity to play a future NBA player. It's another challenge for us.

I tried to get them to remember that. That's something we can be proud of.

I told the kids that if you think that's a fun environment, wait until next month. I can't wait until (playoff) season.

It's unbelievably high. All five starters are in the top 10 in the league in free-throw percentage.

It wasn't a beautiful game. We didn't execute great offensively or defensively, but we had guys make plays when they had to.

I hadn't even really thought about it. To share it with an amazing group of kids is great.

I guess we messed up a lot of people's brackets.

He's the best shooter we have. He got more open looks than usual.