Brian Keith Quotations

We started slowly, but then began to put things together. We were 3-9 to begin the year, but we have gone 9-4 the rest of the way.

He didn't have one of his better games tonight. Once he learns to settle down and let the game come to him, he'll be a lot better.

Our focus right now is East Chambers. But I really want that rematch, too.

Our community has been great all year long. We have the best fans in the world and this is part of it today.

We get to do something we love, which is basketball. It's been fun, and we are looking forward to the trip. With that in mind, we know that if we want to be a state champion, we've got two more games to win.

We'll have a practice in the morning. We'll try to do some things to slow down Kountze. They're a great team, but like we saw tonight, anything can happen.

We beat the No. 4, No. 1 and then the No. 2 seed to win the state title. The girls played amazing basketball all week.

We've been down before, but these guys have a lot of confidence in themselves and what we're trying to do. We know that we can make some stops and we can score. I don't think anybody was really panicked.

This was a big win for our program. We came into the game ready to play, and we remained focused throughout the game to get the win.

We've been talking about state all year long like every team in the state of Texas. But with this group here, we try to really, really tell them that they've got a chance for it.

We went through a practice (Saturday morning) and decided to make sure we didn't give up any easy baskets. Our guys pulled out a track meet tonight, by hustling back on defense. We just didn't give up any easy shots.

They seem to be getting better as the weeks go on.

A lot of our guys are overlooked on this team. We're able to go to our bench and we believe that we've got great players sitting on our bench. Tonight, they pulled it off.

It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. You like to see two teams compete like that, but you like to see your team execute better down the stretch. Give credit to Chapel Hill, they made a great 3-point shot to get us into overtime, and I wasn't sure how we were going to pull it out. We had people on both sides fouling out of the game, but we hung in there and somehow pulled this out.

(I told them we should) just prepare ourselves the best as we can, and not get caught up in it being such a big game. This is just a basketball game. We are just trying to keep it simple right now.

It's been a great ride. The state championship with these guys is a wonderful experience. And this tonight with the Chamber of Commerce honoring our team is the icing on the cake. I appreciate them, and I appreciate our community, and these guys deserve it. I'm glad that they're here and can enjoy such a thing.

It was a big win for our community. We had great fan support. They were excited.

I know they're going to be great kids because their coaches nominated them. I've got the greatest seat in the house. I'm going to watch them play and hopefully they'll have fun. That's what it's all about. We want them to enjoy this because it's maybe the last time they get the chance to play basketball in East Texas.

I'm just so proud of our team. To come in and face such a great team as Kountze, right now it's just so unbelievable.

Charles is a great player. He'd start for most everybody. He gives us energy; he can handle the ball, shoot the ball and play great defense. He's strong, he can take the ball inside if he has to.

The kids are excited. I'm hoping we have two more games left in us.