Mike Burns Team Quotations

Shooting wasn't our problem. It was our effort at the defensive end of the floor and allowing them to get rolling. You can't do that against a team of San Diego's caliber. They got rolling and we paid for it.

When you win an award like that during the conference season, it usually means your team has won both games and the player has played very well in winning those games. So I almost look at the Player of the Week award as a team award when it is handed out during the conference season. For that, I'm sure Rodney and our team is very appreciative.

There is no hotter team in our league now than Portland State.

It's a tremendous honor and Rodney is very deserving. It speaks volumes of not only Rodney, but the progress our team has made as well.

It'll be tough. But one thing I've developed with this team is a great deal of confidence.

They just came out swinging. They're a good hitting team and we knew that. That's what made the first win so nice.

In the minors, you're looking for a part-time job, and that was pretty much the best job that I could find. I had my degree, and I got my emergency teaching certificate. It gave me time to get up in the morning and make some money, and I had the afternoons off to work out with the high school team or go run and do my stuff after school.