Xavier Perkins Quotations

We bonded from jump really. The first time I saw him - new kid, not really used to the environment. We took him in, my family. He's like my little brother.

Mainly just the coaching staff. I didn't have to go far away. The coaches with experience know what they're doing.

Mr. Doherty has to be one of the best coaches around and has been around some great coaches.

I got to feel with him, I got a shot to play professionally.

I didn't pay attention to time. That's my error. I put it on my shoulders.

We got here, and that might be enough for some, but not in my head. We should have won.

Finally. Brian, he's talented, but a lot of people don't know it because he never shows it. He stepped up real big. He hit some big threes and was going to the basket like a maniac. I've never seen that side of him. No one's ever seen him come out like that, but we've been waiting for that.

We felt coming up here that we were the underdog because no one's heard of us.

Of course, you have people who already see you one way and already judge you, but that's the other side of me that people don't know. That's just me being me.

Now I can pretty much be me. It's just a lot of stress taken off, I feel relieved.

It wasn't that difficult to learn, but mastering it is another thing.

It took me about a week to get over it.

It was just the way I was treated. When I first met him, it didn't seem like he only wanted me for basketball. It seemed like he wanted to get to know me.

I'm not emotional. I expected this. I'm comfortable now.

I'm sure we didn't have anything left in the tank.

I haven't seen any team shoot in this arena like they did the first half.

I haven't talked to him about the job, but I have talked to the coaching staff and they told me he wasn't going anywhere. Right now I'm just trying to stay updated. I'm praying he stays, but until he tells me he's leaving, I'm not worried about it.

The idea was to pick up the pressure and get under 10 in the first three minutes of the third quarter and we did. We may not have had anything left in our tank, but we played off guts.