Jimmy Young Quotations

We set up to throw long if it was wide open and it was wide open. We just made a bad throw, but you can't blame the kids because that what we told them to do.

Josh is always going to do his job. He put some extra effort into (tonight).

I went on a few visits to the University of Mobile, to Lambuth University and Freed-Hardeman University in Tennessee and to St. Francis here in Indiana, ... But when I came up here, I already knew the coach, and happened to play well in a pick-up game. I really liked his system and the type of offense he wants to run. He's a good guy. Plus, it will give me a chance get away from home a little bit.

Playing Giles at Giles is always tough. We know what we are up against, but we are going to come to play Friday.

We got good play out of everybody. Everybody came in and did an excellent job, especially defensively.

You don't replace a guy like Josh. You just try to find someone to fill that role.

When Josh came here as a freshman, he was kind of gangly, but grew into his role as a sophomore and really started blossoming as a junior. Josh ended up being a really special player.

We talked about getting out and setting the tempo early, and that's what we did. We executed early and got some good shots. Our defense was pretty good also.

We didn't make shots. We can stay in games and play really hard, but if you don't make shots, what can you do?

Each year he has improved tremendously to become the dominant player that he was this year. He was drawing double and triple teams. He garnered a lot of attention.

You're going to lose games, but it's how you respond. I thought the kids did an excellent job. Our defense was the key to us getting some easy baskets early.

This is great for our confidence. We know that we can play with anybody. Columbia's got a good team. I don't care what anybody says.

They were huge. Both of those were a big lift.

They're the best team in our district, no doubt. They've got a bunch of shooters and when you've got shooters, you can do things.

They stepped it up when Josh was in trouble. That's what good teammates do. They really picked us up.

I told them after the game that I wasn't really mad at them, because we played really hard. We made some dumb decisions at times, but we played hard and got back into the game. The attitudes were good on the floor, because we have had some attitude problems. But we got out and hustled, and fought and fought and fought. And we had a chance to get back into the game.

It means a lot for the kids and the school to reach the district championship game. We have a lot to be excited about. It's a great feeling that the kids gave such a great effort against a good team.

It's great to have an automatic berth in the region. The kids fought really hard.

They did a pretty good of getting the message that we needed better play. They did an excellent job out there of running the ball club.

I'm ready to get things going, get in the groove and start working, ... I've been working hard the last two years at Columbia State and really want to play well here, and make something of myself.

I couldn't have asked to play for any better of a coach, ... He put me in the right spots, and if it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't be playing college basketball. Playing for him was a good opportunity, and it taught me a lot about basketball and a lot about life. Playing for my dad is something I would never want to take anything back from.