John M. Smith Year Quotations

There is no question that with all that has happened this year and with all the questions about who would win it, that in the end we basically dominated. That is what we hoped for all year, that is what we are capable of doing and we did it.

He really worked hard to get to this point. He came back this year with improved command. He's putting pitches where he wants them.

You never know from one year to the next, one week to the next, what you're going to get in basketball. You have to make all the parts of the puzzle fit. We don't have 15 pieces this year, but we have enough to make it work. And the good thing is we get all of them back next year.

Our kids just got better and better. We really peaked at the right time. I hope we see Calhoun County again next year because that would probably mean that we've made it deep into the playoffs.

For a year that left a lot of questions of who was going to win and who was going to be the best in the end, I think the most gratifying thing is the fact that we, I guess you could say, dominated.

The same thing happened last year, so this year we have to make sure it's a different outcome. We're both going to be ready. It's going to be a good one.

It's going to be the sort of year in which one or two shocks might well happen. But I think corporate news flow will get better, but the question is going to be how much is already discounted. We're optimistic, but not euphoric.