Mark Simon Quotations

Nobody leads a fast break and offense better. Without him we are not where we are.

He was at Hedgcock every waking moment. He was easy to find.

He was amazing with some of the things he'd do in practice, ... Practices can be a drag, but he made them fun.

He was always in the gym every waking moment (practicing), ... I had to make sure he ate regularly.

I talked to coach Schintzius, and he had video we've been able to watch - from everything we've pieced together, they've broken a lot of teams down with their press. We have to figure out how to handle the pressure. That's been our calling card, too.

My mother went here at the same time I went here so it's a full service school.

I think our 1-2-2 zone helped a lot. We were able to take away the perimeter shots.

We had a lot of mental errors today, and sometimes that happens when you are playing from behind. We're a young team, but that's not an excuse.

We'll lose it most definitely, ... It likes water, but it can't take three feet of it.

We just haven't gotten over the hump defensively. It's something we're working on every night in practice, so we're not avoiding it, but it's taking longer than I think we originally thought it would.

We didn't get rattled by (the dunk) at all. Defense won it for us. The turnovers created a lot of energy, and we play off of energy.

Both starting pitchers did a great job. Errors hurt us, but Mueller pitched outstanding for them.

Devon is a very versatile player. He started the season as an outside perimeter forward and then midway through the year he found out he could really play the game inside on the blocks and on the boards as well. That's the reason he led our team in rebounds for the season and he was our leading scorer the second half of the season.

None at all. When you get to that level, you're there to win games,

In my opinion, he's the best point guard in Western New York. We do not win without him. He proved that today. He was just fantastic.

He's probably the only pitcher that I know who really didn't need to warm up. You know most guys start out warming up slow and gradually increase their speed. When I knew Elmer, he went to the mound, he opened up and he was just about full speed on his first warm-up pitch. That struck me as being unusual.

You want your best scorer to get the ball.