Tracey Tipton Quotations

She has not changed through the years. She is still as humble as she was when she first arrived at school. She has really handled success well. She is the first to give credit to her teammates.

Maya just has a lot of weapons. She's not a one- or two-dimensional player. I'd compare her right to (Tennessee star) Candace Parker in the sense that she can post up strong and she can move with the ball and she can play anywhere from point guard to center.

Like I told them in the locker room, in my mind they are the No. 1 team in the country.

I was thrilled just to be an assistant. This is the greatest honor, other than coaching our girls at Collins Hill, that I've ever been awarded.

Just her presence on the floor gives our kids a sense of confidence. I'm just glad she's on our team.

We had to make some adjustments and pound it inside, and it made a huge difference.

Tina Charles is obviously their main player and we tried to slow her down, but really, other players stepped up in the game and hit big shots.

We love Maya; I could go on and on. Maya has a great desire to get better every time she steps on the court. She?s never complacent. And as much as she wants to improve on the court, she sees basketball as a tool to make a difference. Maya is far more than a great basketball player; she?s a great person. I have been blessed to have one of her because most coaches go through their entire career and not even come close to being able to coach a player like her. The kid is special.

Really, in her eyes, she's got some great schools to choose from and I don't really think she can go wrong with any of them and I just think that obviously she's got a piece of mind of what she wants to do or otherwise she wouldn't want to call the press conference. I think she's ready to make a decision and move on and not feel like she's misleading anyone.

Coach Phillips has done an incredible job with that program. He and I are good friends, and we're all the time trying to help each other out. I just hate it that we had to meet each other in this round.

After the Grayson game (in the first round), we said that was the best first half we had played all year. Then they found a way to make this the best first half all year.

I can't wait to see them play. It's going to be a lot of fun to have that much talent on one team, in one game.