7 Quotes by Tim Sam

We talked all season about working hard and sticking to the system, and it?s starting to pay off.

He was a handful for us. We threw three or four different guys at him, and none of them did a great job. He did a great job of getting to the basket on us. He can be very active and very difficult to defend.

We had some good kids. The seventh- and eighth-grade teams are very good too. The team will have talent for years to come.

The program was in disarray when I took over. That?s the one thing I?m most proud of; I feel like I put a positive stamp on this program. I?m not turning it over to someone else in disarray. It is in very good shape, and it?s only going to get better.

South Medford is something else. For them to be up there in the Les Schwab with Lake Oswego and have folks see them and still come away with South ranked No. 1, that says something right there.

The kids executed. There was a kid chasing Jordan around, and I think everyone in the gym knew who was probably going to get it and shoot. He did a nice job of catching it and converting it.

I don?t know if we could have hired a higher quality person or a more qualified coach. This is going to be a smooth transition.