Al Gooden
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Al Gooden
tough
It has been a long, tough year. We have the nucleus we get back here again.
finding man people pounding stride stronger taken
He has taken a pounding in there, but people are finding out, he is a lot stronger than what they think he is. He has taken it in stride like a man and is doing the things we need for him to do to win.
wanting
You never get used to it. It is a traditional thing wanting to get down here.
bench effort gave guys looking
The guys off the bench really gave us the effort we have been looking for.
faces forest guys last park playing regardless state understand
We want to get back to state anytime, regardless of who we're playing. We wanted to get back to the championship, but what playing Forest Park does is they can put faces with that team. When you say Forest Park, they can see those guys and understand who they are from playing them last year.
ball create good knew move offense patient quickly run took
We knew we were going to have to run the offense more and move the ball quickly around the perimeter to create shots. We were patient and took good shots.