22 Quotes by Paul Sather

What a great soccer game. I thought my kids really deserved it. I thought we had them on their heals most of the game. We didn't have that many chances offensively, but,boy, when we needed it, someone stuck it in the net. What a great feeling to be heading the finals.

We're frustrated and we should be. How many times do you have to go through this? How many games is this now that we could've won? We play pretty well, but it's not good enough for me and I don't think it's good enough for them. When we play playoff teams, we need to play a lot better.

We're starting to get that feeling we need to bring our working boots every day and be ready to play. It was such a good win. I'm so proud of our effort.

Basketball is an up-and-down game. You have to be able to handle runs.

I think we have to realize that we lost six seniors. You can say what you want, but next year we won't have six seniors. We will be young and have new faces. We can't go into next year thinking that we will be able to repeat finishing second in the conference and go to the conference championship again. We have to understand that it might take a little time.

I think it's our best style for us. We probably play our best in that style.

It gives him a whole new dimension when he knocks down a three. He can go strong to the hole and find gaps. When they have to go out there and really pressure him to take away his three, it allows him to get to the rim more or create for others.

Our goal was, as the season went on, to get better. I think we did that. When we finished our year, I do think we were playing some of our best basketball at the conference tournament.

People have been asking me if the boys (were) ready to play. We were going to find out. It's that time of the year. If you want to keep playing you have to step up and make plays.