Tony Turina Quotations

(Friday) during our final drill in practice, we took the 1944 championship game ball and during our last press breaker, we got a chance to run up and down the court with it. We join the 1944 team and now people aspire to the 2006 team. This is a testament to all the hard work that resulted in a state championship.

After the first scrimmage, I realized that they didn't need any extra time to develop on the junior varsity.

We had our best and most enjoyable three practices of the season leading up to this game. We knew if we had a lead after the quarter, there was no looking back.

We really banged the boards tonight and have done a much better job recently compared to earlier in the season. Everyone is playing much bigger and I?m hoping we can build on this and take it into the tournament.

We played a great game versus Holy Cross. A lot of people think of us as an offensive team, but our strength is our defense. Our effort the other night might have been the best it?s been this year. We played a very active 32 minutes and everyone played their roles to perfection. We?re playing our best ball of the season.

Both teams are going to go with what got us here. We?re not going to make any changes to our game plan. We just hope to improve on our strengths.

Holy Cross is a quick, athletic team. We have to be speed conscious. We can?t get into a horse race or the advantage will go to them. We need to play ball control offense and get the ball into the right player?s hands.

It?s great to finish the season 16-4. This team is really starting to come together because they are playing hard, unselfish basketball.

We are healthy and ready at the right time. We are on top of our game.

When I looked at all of the pieces, I thought we could have something special. Everyone is playing with a lot of energy and spirit. They are playing their roles to perfection and know they are not going to be sitting on the bench too long.