Sylvia Hatchell Men Quotations

We had some really good moments out there, but there were still times we sputtered and stalled.

I don't know if we're peaking. But we're focused on our task and what we're trying to do and what we do well, what we enjoy doing and what we feel like we need is going to get us a championship. We gear everything for tournament time.

We didn't rebound again like I wanted us to and that's the only area of our game that I feel like we've really got to step up there. If we want to be a championship team, we've got to make a commitment to rebounding.

We don't have the commitment to rebounding we need to have. We need to get better in that area.

I don't like low-scoring games. I made the comment it's sort of like watching paint dry. I like to go up and down the floor, and that's what we are all about. I don't like slow games.

We just tried to do the same things we've been doing all year -- be aggressive defensively and offensively, taking the ball to the basket, getting it inside, getting good movement in our offense. Defensively we threw some different things at them. I thought our kids played really hard.

I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.

My biggest challenge is to keep this team level, to keep them down, to keep them from exploding. This is a high energy group. They're fun. They can't wait for tournament time.

They love the environment of the big game. Even when we were down, it's just a special feeling that this team has to never give up. It's sort of like the wind. You can't see it, but you sure can feel it.

People asked me all year how good this team could be, and I said all along they could be as good as they wanted to be. I really feel that way, this is a special group. They all complement each other so well, and the chemistry is great.

Her excitement and enthusiasm and passion for the game, it makes people smile. I can't tell you the number of letters and e-mails and phone calls we have gotten from people that have just said how she brightens their day. ... I feel like the way we play and having a player like Ivory sells the game of basketball.

When Ivory first came in, I would have Ivory go and sit with Phil and watch our men practice and Phil Ford would talk to her about being a point guard. In my book, he's the best point guard there's ever been.

This is what you dream about as a player and a coach. I've been coaching 31 years, and this is what gets your heart pumping and your blood boiling to be in an environment like this.