15 Quotes by Keith Cieplicki

In high school they play as hard as they can, but I think they're starting to realize that that's not nearly hard enough. I think a lot of it is going to be adjusting to this level of play. They're in big-time women's basketball and they're learning physically.

In all my years, I have never been so significantly (affected) by injuries as this team has this year. Not even close. They say, 'If you're in it long enough everything happens to you.' It's just been a little unfortunate because I definitely think we would be in pretty good shape right now if we had everybody here.

In this profession I think it?s really helpful. I think you just have to focus on getting better. We?re trying to just have some tangible goals and things that individually and as a team we can do better. As long as we?re working toward those things, our players have been pretty good to not get caught up in the wins and losses.

Hey, she missed a few more than maybe she usually does.

The guys we have are the nicest guys you could find. We had to be careful, because there's always the chance of injury, and that's what we want to avoid most of all.

The men have a quickness you don't always see in the women's game. By practicing against that quickness and strength, no matter who you face in a game, you're not going to feel overwhelmed.