92 Quotes by Charlie Bell

We tried to push the tempo a little bit more in the third and T.J. did a great job pushing the ball up the court. I knew if I could get open with his penetration, (Portland) would collapse and he would kick out to me. Then it's just up to me to hit the shots and that's what I did.

We talked about it today as far as neutralizing their bench. We've got to go out there - me, Mo, Joe, Dan and Toni - and maintain the intensity.

We just self destructed with turnovers and those illegal procedures, ... All those things would take us out of our game plan. Our pass offense was not as sharp as it had been tonight.

We feel we can move the football on them. We have good leadership in that offensive line. We just need to play our defense, be alert, do our techniques well and swarm the ball. We have to tackle well in the open field. We were much improved from Game 1 to Game 2 in that respect.

We are a symbol of America, a proud symbol of America, ... We were born here and have been transplanted all around the world with a bit of different local flavor and flair, and when people are looking for symbols of America, companies like ours do pop up from time to time. But we take this very seriously.

We didn't know how physical he'd become, because we don't beat up our kids in practice, ... He had to play himself into showing us, and one game in midseason he came up and made a great tackle along the edge. From that point on, I think that answered our questions.

Bonner was a man among boys tonight. He made big play after big play. He was our stopper.

Brian Bonner played as good a defensive game as anyone has played in my four years at Anacortes.

Billups is not going to run you off a lot of screens. He's kind of a rock-you-to-sleep guy. He's one of those guys you think he's not doing anything, and he crosses you over real quick and goes to the hole. He's so strong. If he gets a step on you, you're dead.