Dave Pugliese

Dave Pugliese
close gone number overtime refuse three
They refuse to lose. We've gone to overtime three times and had a number of other close games. We're battle-tested.
assistant kids quite
Quite frankly, we want the kids to be in unbelievable shape. My assistant pretty much grinds them right into the ground.
admirable bit came defense great guys job nicely second
I got into the guys a little bit at halftime. We came back nicely in the second half. The defense was great and I thought we did an admirable job all the way around.
fourth fresh late number ourselves pride team
Conditioning is what we pride ourselves on. That is number one for us. So when it's late in the fourth quarter, we're fresh and the other team is tired.
days five fourth game goes hat playing signs
My hat goes off to him. He was playing in his fourth game in five days yet showed no signs of it.
chips fall hard quit
We'll come out hard and let the chips fall where they may. There is no quit in our guys.
defended good job win
This was a good win for us. I thought we did a really good job on the glass, and we defended well.
call difficult playing sticking teams year
We play difficult teams every game, all year long. We made it by sticking to our motto. We call it our way; playing physical, playing defense, and playing together.