Joe Russo Quotations

This was not an act of God. The negligence is pretty clear cut.

She comes every day to practice and works real hard. She's a great kid. She gets a lot of offensive rebounds and she's been learning the post moves. She's come a long way. She just fights for everything she gets. She's really a hustler. She's certainly been the backbone offensively along with Jess Donovan.

I was happy about the way we battled back, but they played solid. They certainly are the team to beat.

He's got great command of all his pitches. He's a bulldog. He's just tough.

Jess has improved a great deal and she's had some really good games.

Our whole dynamic is kind of based around that push and pull. Marco is a very skilled jazz musician and I'm rock oriented. When we first started out, that's the way it was, he was very jazz, and I was very rock, and I think that's what has made the sound and the album special. But we've evolved to retain both of those features within ourselves as a result of playing together.

My thing is we want to try to go out and win a couple of more games and play hard against everyone, let them know we're there.

I'm hoping this is an apolitical type of award. I happen to have voted for him. I think he's doing as well as he can. The only thing I wished he didn't do was go into Iraq.

We thought about playing at Southern Maine Community College, but that didn't work out. We also couldn't play against a city rival in our small gym at the school, so we decided to just flip-flop our home and away games.

The players were disappointed that we couldn't play. It was the right decision. We would have risked injuries if we had played. It would have been an intense game. There was no traction on the court.

We listen to a lot of Bon Jovi. No seriously, we were just listening to Slippery When Wet on the Bus.

People see me in there working and they take off their coats and start to help.

Some people go out in the woods with a gun to hunt. Me, I go out with a list and hunt cars.

A lot of them got some valuable playing time last year and I think that helped. We've still got some things to work on, but I can't say enough about how they've been performing.

They played really well. Not to take anything away from them, but we made six errors that game and that probably cost us six runs. Hopefully, this time it will be a close game.

They're certainly the team to beat (in the district).

It seems like every game he's been popping one out. They haven't been any cheap home runs either and he's seen quality pitching all year.

It's been a work in progress but they're starting to understand things.

It's been great. I'm enjoying myself. We've had some bumps in the road but for me it's been a normal transition period. I'm trying to get to know the kids again and they're trying to get used to a new face and a new voice in the gym. But overall I'm happy with how they're working.

It was a good battle. (Central) just got a couple of clutch hits when they needed them.

I try to stress balanced scoring and try to get everyone involved.

They hit the ball well. They came up with the big hit when they needed it.

They've really tried. They're trying to buy into what we're trying to do. We've had many more good practices than bad practices. I've got to give them credit. They come to the gym and they want to learn and they're working hard. We're doing the best that we can. It's growing pains.

I mean, it's been just a little bit of everything. We've gotten some stretches where we've had some good offensive production. When the bats cooled down, our pitchers have stepped up.

He's just a joy to coach. And he's got a smile on his face 24/7.

He's not real big, but he's strong. He hits the ball to all fields. He's tough to pitch to.

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