7 Quotes by Debra Alexander

I don't know which one of us hates to lose more. I can't stand it when you have to go over there and shake (the other team's) hands.

I always had to rebuild. Every school I've coached at always had a losing season before. That was one of my passions to come to a school and always leave it better than it was.

We just couldn't get everyone doing their normal thing. And our shots weren't falling either. With a solid team like that, you can't afford to be off.

We have the winning spirit on the inside because we were brought up as winners. Some of these athletes that you get now just want to play. It has to be taught and instilled in them. That's basically what we had to do with this group. They're just now getting the concept of what it takes to win.

To get that many athletes in one place was unreal. It was nice to be a part of it. We plan to come back.

You'd rather have kids there that are going to do what you ask them to do, even if they don't have the kind of talent as your star players. It wasn't hard to let some of our better players go.

I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able to do it without him. By him being a recruiter and assistant in Lufkin and doing it for so many years, he was able to get it together for me. All I had to do was walk on the floor.