14 Quotes by Alan Johnston

I was surprised, but I only get that because I had a bunch of kids who knew how to play the game and played it hard for 12 games. This was like an unspoken gift from my team to me. The biggest award was what our team was able to accomplish.

He was wearing a skull cap, and it was the biggest lift for me, personally. I came down to my office and cried because I knew everything was fine.

I was a little bit skeptical because this kid was only weeks removed from having his brain opened up. I asked his father, Earl, and he said the doctors were OK with it, and I double-checked with the doctors.

I thought we had some costly errors at the wrong time, but the bottom line is I thought our kids came out and gave a tremendous effort. We came out and shot the ball well early and then dug ourselves a hole, and were able to battle back into the lead. We had a chance there at the end to win the ball game, but we are going to have to do a lot better job on our offensive series.

I thought that our ability to keep our composure was a big factor, especially in the fourth quarter.

That was the most difficult game we played this season.

We can't be lethargic and feel sorry for ourselves after what happened (at JT). Our kids are resilient. They had two good practices and if we can come out and with the same intensity we had Tuesday, we'll be fine.

We played tremendous team basketball. I knew that we were going to be able to get the ball inside against this team, and it worked out well that we did. It's a huge win for us on the road.

We're well established as a company that services the UK parts market but to find success with international shipments to a country like China is especially pleasing given the current import climate. It proves that the UK has a lot to offer - if it looks for opportunities in the right places.