Dennis Brooks
Dennis Brooks
Dennis Brooksis a Caymanian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
classroom hard helping knew win worked
He knew what he had to do in the classroom to get back on the court. And he worked hard to do that and now he's back helping us win games.
time
I think that is fantastic. You don't need any more time than that.
advancing bus coming knocking losing nice seed trip yellow
This is an unbelievable feeling. Coming in and knocking off the No. 1 seed and advancing to the sectional with a losing record. It's going to be a nice two-hour yellow bus trip home.
children concern labeled plan
One concern with this plan was that these children would be labeled as Lillian Emery children. Has that been a problem?
example hope united
The United Way organizations are an example of hope in what they provide.
came couple home signs
It was ugly. I came home a couple times to see 'For Sale' signs in the yard. It was rough.
cut granite literally natural outside people strong
What people don't think about is that granite is a natural product. It's mined outside -- literally cut out of the mountain. So it's tremendously strong outside.
guys pressure tried
We went after them. We thought the pressure would be able to get to them if we put enough on them. We wanted our guys to get after them. We did it with defense. We tried to get up in them.
care hard missed playing playoffs since tough worked
We have been playing tough since the playoffs have begun. We didn't have (guard Anthony) Watson for the first part of the season. He was ineligible for the first half. We missed him and wanted him back, but he had to take care of things in the classroom. He did. He worked real hard to get back.
days early gives good learn sure system time
We like to have our professional development days early because with a system this size, there are so many new teachers. We want to make sure they get off to a good start. We also want to use what we learn during professional development days, and this gives us time to do that.
early few game needed played second solid tried
We just tried to play solid man-to-man defense. Early in the game we weren't rotating the way we needed to but we made a few adjustments and played pretty well in the second half.
playing
We're right where we need to be. We've been playing very tough.