Bobby Collins Quotations

We started by saying every team had beaten us. We didn't think of them beating us in the past.

We're going to have to be patient. We're going to have to be disciplined.

We feel that the potential is unlimited for Wise County.

He has a chance to be Michael Jordan at Hampton University.

We told them that the score was 0-0 and that we wanted them to go out and be as aggressive as they were in the first half. We wanted them to emphasize defense, and I thought that carried over to the second half very well.

We're playing well right now. I like our chances. It's a winnable game. We have to go in focused like we were in the (conference) tournament, and hopefully we can ride off that momentum.

I thought we played well 35 of 40 minutes. But we've got to put together a full 40 minutes, because teams like A&T never give up.

I think he has a very good chance at playing at the next level. He's that consistent.

Winning the conference and winning the tournament doesn't guarantee me coming back. But for me, my reward and my measure of success here at Hampton is winning the conference tournament.

When I saw five of our guys slap the floor, it reminded me of Duke and I knew we were going to go away with the win. I don't teach that; they did that on their own. Our defensive intensity played a big role in our winning.

We've hit some bad patches, but never this late in the season. Hopefully we've gotten the worst behind us.

We had some ups and downs, but this team persevered and stayed together and fought together. There was one great man who always told me, 'Just believe in yourself, just believe in yourself.

We were thinking how we were going to defend Antonio Webb. We knew we weren't going to stop him. We just wanted to contained him.

We were prepared for it and they were just tougher than we were. When we handled the pressure, they actually took the ball out of our hands and started the break. You can't defend turnovers.

Big John did a tremendous job of anchoring down in the paint. He definitely changed the course of the game.

Everything he says is positive. That's why whoever I pair up with him (in matches) loves it. He goes into every practice and every match like he's going to win, and I think all of the good players in any sport have that approach.

Every coach in America is somewhat under that year-to-year status. Obviously, I want to do well. I like Hampton; Hampton has given me a great opportunity. I love this area. I love coaching these kids. It's a great situation for me, but I understand I have to produce.

Is that all? That seemed like a 25-turnover night to me.

It was the tempo we wanted to play, but we didn't want 27 turnovers.

I wanted to call it 'Street Smarts' because that's what the book is all about. I've learned a lot in this business and in this life, and I want to pass it on.

They're very disciplined. We understand we have to dictate the pace of the game to have a chance to win the game.

A lot of people are trading in cars they normally wouldn't have traded in to take advantage of employee pricing. So now we've got cleaner used cars - so now the used car business has picked back up.

This is the season that you really want to focus and concentrate on. We went through all those differences and all those trials and tribulations to get to this point. Sometimes you have to go through some afflictions before you have success and this is what the outcome is.

I wanted us to play hard on defense, and that set the tone.

I hope playing in the conference will get the kids to bring more competitiveness to their play. We've got to find more consistency in competing every night.

I don't know how we did that. We worked on free throws for two days straight.