Kyle Brooks Quotations

I don't think he was 100 percent. But I think his heart was 100 percent. That's what I appreciate.

He has a lot of room to get better. If he has an opportunity to go somewhere he could play, his ability to score and do the little things will show up.

I thought the key to the game was some of their other guys stepped up.

I thought our league was very tough and did a great job of preparing us for this. I kept telling our guys to, 'Play your best basketball in February and March.' I think we're doing that. We're playing very well right now.

I was proud of my kids at halftime. We battled back, and I thought our defense was pretty good.

We're doing some good things defensively, so I'm proud of that.

We showed a lot of guts. Our rebounding and hustle plays got us back in the game, not our offense.

We learned we have to put four good quarters together. Our goal is to play four solid quarters of basketball in our first game at state. We can play with anybody if we do that.

We don't want to be caught up with just being there. We're going there to win a state championship. That's our No. 1 goal.

We said the team that gets over the day-before-game the quickest is probably going to come out and be ready to play. We took it pretty hard last night.

Every year he was here, he got a little bit better.

We knew he was their big gun, and we needed to shut him down.

We felt for two or three possessions, we wanted to pull them out of the zone. We thought we'd try that. We just weren't as consistent as we normally are.

We didn't make good decisions at the end of the game, but I can't fault me kids' effort.

We didn't make all the free throws, but we made enough for the win.

This gym owns us in the second quarter the last two games.

It was by far the best team we've played so far this year. We just kind of gutted it out.

Even when you're not shooting the ball well, it's a sign of a good team ... that we found a way to win.

I've got to know him a little. He's come to our (summer) camp the past couple years, and has always been real gracious to help out and never ask for a thing. In fact, one year he got upset because I hadn't called.

I'm being optimistic. I think he just bruised it when he landed. Wednesday is a ways away. I think he'll be ready to go.