Kyle Smith Quotations

We usually just have two forwards up top. But later in the second half I moved up a third one, and with about 1:45 left I moved in a fourth one.

Knowing that the whole community is counting on us, that they're behind us, is a pretty amazing feeling. It's one of the biggest events of the year for both towns; it always has been.

Our kids, our families are no different than anybody else's. They have the same hopes and dreams. They have people who love them.

Our main focus is to get ready for Central Hinds Tuesday night in the district tournament. I thought we played the best we could.

We played them pretty even in the second half. We were playing defensive against them, but we made a couple of mistakes in the first half. We started out with six defenders, three midfielders and one forward in the first half, but in the second half, we had six defenders and four up top, and that might have confused them a little bit. But they're just so outstanding. They're definitely the top team that we've faced so far.

We gave up a couple of big threes to Mills in the second quarter. The second half they really came alive on the inside.

We moved the ball around and really played with them. I thought we played brilliantly. But we had three critical errors in the back.

We just hustled to the ball. We never gave up. We hadn't been playing the air balls that well, but we were pretty even with them tonight.

Adam said he (Russell) wanted us to come back.

This bill moves fingerprinting into the 21st century.

A lot of us have played together or against each other. I played summer ball with Aaron Clark, so I know him well. Plus, you always remember this game, too.

There were good spots and bad spots. But we picked it up in the second half and got two goals going against the wind. When we decided that we wanted to pass the ball, we played pretty well. But at other times, we were playing kickball.

They're just a good team. Luckily, Coach (Dale) Watts played a lot of his players tonight.

It's a balancing act. We don't want to treat them like criminals after they have been traumatized, but we want to make sure they are in no danger nor the families they are housed with.

It wasn't just one person. Everyone stepped up. We had a meeting on Friday and I told them that everyone needs to step up. We have to have a championship effort to win.

It's tough starting the year with two straight on the road. Our defense played strong and our offense put it in the end zone.

The biggest thing of all is no one was hurt. Secondary good news was that we didn't have a major fire that totally put us out of business. It's not how we wanted to start Thursday morning but we're grateful it turned out as well as it did.

The biggest thing I learned from this is to choose your teammates wisely, because you have to work with them for six months, and to set progress goals and stick to them in order to complete the task at hand in time to review your work and make necessary changes.

It looked like they had a chance to get a little momentum right there. I got that strikeout first and after that, a double play was a big momentum swing right there.

It was pretty big to tie those guys to get some (tournament) points. We picked it up and played pretty well.

They ate us up in the first quarter with their pressing. (Will Ervin) had a lot of offensive rebounds. They just pressed us and wore us out in the first half. Copiah is a good team. They're quick and play the passing lanes well.

Anytime there is someone playing hard every day it makes you push yourself even harder.

The good news is that The Hangover Part III isn't a rerun like the second episode. The bad news is everything else. For all the promise of mayhem and WTF moments, the final episode hits you with all the force of a warm can of O'Doul's.

The characters are so flat and the dialogue so dull you expect it to be one of those movies whose existence is justified by a big final twist. But it's three days after the screening, and still no twist. Maybe it's coming in the mail?

The movies are celluloid hemorrhoids. No, worse: They're celluloid Bon Jovi.

The great thing about this is that it's not just about the U.S. anymore. We have got everybody involved.

The league was organized for specific reasons. Four years ago, we felt like there was a real gap between business and local government.