Bob Beatty Quotations

She's ahead, she's popular -- she's not completely unbeatable.

Teams come back year after year because we hold it at the same time of the year. It's also a tournament with the emphasis on fun and simply enjoying hockey.

I think too often we sit back and wonder whatever happens to those cases we hear about in the paper, and really those cases aren't going anywhere because of the backup. Right now we are all losing on this, so I whole-heartedly support a third court.

It's certainly a good indication that this race may be more interesting than anybody thought.

Manual has a tremendous amount of speed, and we have a great deal of respect for that. We're looking forward to the challenge.

It's no good for us to have a tournament earlier in the year and Barrie couldn't accommodate us, so in 2005, we went to Alcona. But we need a two ice surfaces to run the tournament, so we decided to talk to the staff in Midland and see what they could come up with.

I was very flattered ... but as long as the Trinity community will have me, I'll consider this my home.

Those other states are not as easy to caricature. They pick Kansas to represent the bumpkin.

Those other states are not as easy to caricature, ... They pick Kansas to represent the bumpkin.

We sure as heck had our chances. I felt like we could coach harder and the older kids could do a better job of playing at game speed. That's what the first game of the year teaches you. It's a hard lesson.