Ron Watson Quotations

There are no more one-time gifts from anybody to come in.

Nick got a good screen on him. I mean he screened up him good and Dannon got wide open.

If we had made some of the shots we were fouled on early and gotten the 3-point play the old-fashioned way, that would have really helped us. They just didn't go in.

I felt our strength was going to our inside game. In the second half, they were sagging on our guards to prevent the entry pass.

He had 20 points against us the last time. He hurts you getting up the floor, but tonight we were sticking on him.

We are feeling pretty darn confident, and this news today really makes us confident we will reach the goal.

I thought we had the potential to win 20 games. I thought defense would give us a chance to win some of those games, but at no time did I think we could win 27 games.

I think the missed free throws hurt us worse than the turnovers did.

I think people tend to look at an issue and say, 'That wasn't nearly enough,' but any judgment, in court or NHL boardrooms, says, 'Let's take all factors into account,' and I think they've done that.

We were hard to defend because we had the outside shooters and we had the inside game. We had six players that could score at any time in double figures.

We actually ran the best inbound play we have run the last couple of games to get Wilder open for the three.

We worked every day two to one on defense to offense in practice. If you are a good defensive team, it gives you a chance to compete with just about anyone.

There are a lot of really well-established juried art shows that you have to do well in one year to get into the show the next year, ... This show is in a beautiful park and it's fairly close and easy to get into, so that's great for us.

We are sensitive to the needs of freedom of choice. Most business owners have tried to comply with current regulations. We need to take time to look at the problems with the proposal.

There is a lot of unhappiness in the area. This is a big development and people's views on how it looks are mixed, but everyone would agree that they don't want an unfinished building.

We did a great job down the stretch shooting free throws. What can you say about Trey Wright. He is a junior who weighs only about 110 pounds, but we put him in to shoot free throws and he made two great free throws. Austin Fox and Dannon hit two big ones as well.

Brown & Williamson (now R.J. Reynolds Tobacco) for two decades was the No. 1 contributor for United Way. At their peak, it was almost $1 million about six years ago, so they were obviously an awfully important part of our efforts each year.

Things will unfold on the civil suit that probably will allow (Moore) to be compensated (if his career is over),

One advantage I thought we had was with our size. When Ryan fouled out, we became vulnerable and they took advantage of it.

Defensively we were able to control the tempo of almost every game.

Austin had just two points, but if it wasn't for him, we don't win the game. He made three or four hustle plays getting loose balls at really important times.

It is what it is. And we're going to move forward.

I never felt we were in a threat of losing the game as we knew they would make a run at us. We were up 10 in our last game and they came back and went up five.

If it is a removal from office, so be it.

If I had it to nail down to one thing it would be the seven seniors. We had only one the year before. Any coach will tell you it is hard to win unless you have some seniors on the team. It is capable to do, but when you have seniors, it helps with leadership.

The financial impact was huge and the penalty that he paid and his family paid was huge,