Mark Short Quotations

Funds . . . were not shared to build capabilities throughout a larger community. Now, it's forcing communities to apply together. We recognized any attack or natural disaster would tax the resources of surrounding communities.

Going nine deep, we can apply full-court pressure. We feel like we can wear down most teams.

That style has become the norm for us. We go nine deep, and there's nobody you can single out. We have four kids who all average between nine and 11 points per game.

At this point, the tournament's a crapshoot. Our kids never talk about being No. 1 or being undefeated. But they did think the pressure was on tonight, because they wanted to be sure they got as far as last year, or some people may not have thought this was a successful season.

Saving and protecting American lives is difficult to place a dollar value on. But here, the lessons that are learned will protect American lives.

It's always been a team of unselfish players. I'm so proud to see them get this far.

You talk about the size of the place, and it does affect you. Heck, it affected me. They had the composure from playing here last year, and I'm sure it helped them.

The biggest key was we didn't shoot the ball very well. We usually force 25-30 turnovers per game, but we usually shoot better. We're not the greatest shooting team, but we shoot better than this.

The biggest key was that we just didn't shoot very well. I credit their kids. We knew they were good, and they never backed down.

It's been great for our community. We've been going through some tough times, with a levy failure and some other things. So this is a great time for these kids.

As a coach you always wonder what it's like to walk out on that floor at state, and now we get to find out.

I could not comment on any personal conversations Sheriff Young had with the operations center.