Don Patterson
Don Patterson
ecstatic surreal
This is unbelievable. I'm ecstatic about this and it's still soaking in right now. It's a very surreal moment.
camera caught decision degree educators everywhere parents pictures sure talking tapes took video
Some do it without their parents, and they can really get caught up in the moment. Everywhere we went, we took a video camera and a still camera. When the educators are talking about the degree process, we have all that on tape. We're going over pictures and the tapes to make sure the right decision is there.
college expected played regardless whether
That's his background. He was expected to go to college regardless of whether or not he played football.
against coach family game good grown head houston mean opportunity sam state team town work
This game does mean a lot to me. Having grown up in the state of Texas, I'll have a lot of family and friends at the game. I think the whole town will be there. I've only had one opportunity as a head coach to coach a game in Texas, and that one didn't work out so well against a good Sam Houston State team in 2001.
alex believe believes confidence knows paid players prepare price properly quiet
There are some players that have a quiet confidence in what they can do. I believe Alex has that confidence. ... He believes in himself. He knows he has paid the price to properly prepare for the opportunity.
good people score
We have people who can score and it was good to see everyone score (Friday).
advantages blessed girls good height
We're really blessed to have this height. The thing that's good about these girls is not only do they have height advantages over most of our opponents, they're also very talented.
chad playing time walker
We know what Chad Walker can do. We want to give some more playing time to the others, to see what they can do.
hope questions spring time
I would hope that by the time the spring is over, we'll have a lot of questions answered.
basketball effort fact good great played proud team
We played great basketball (Wednesday). I was really proud of our effort and the fact that we played such good team basketball.
attitude happened last
I like the attitude of this team. They don't like what's happened the last two years. They're hungry.
area aspect bench bit east fans identify side student sure travel
I think our fans have a lot to do with it. We have our bench area on the east side over there to identify with the student body. I'm sure the travel aspect is a little bit of an issue.
foul ran second took trouble
They (Waxahachie) just outplayed us in the second half. We ran into foul trouble and turnovers and they took advantage.
catch effective establish harder plays running spent time trying work
As we spent time trying to play catch up, it was even harder trying to establish the run. We still had some plays that we thought we could be effective in running and we were disappointed that they didn't work better.