J. Horton
J. Horton
hopeful point
We're hopeful what we have done to this point is enough.
brings fun mind purpose sights win
When you come some place like this, you have to keep it in your mind that you're here on business. There's opportunities to see the sights and do fun things, but the whole purpose of the trip, what brings us here, is to win this tournament.
emphasis free game good point situations staple team throws work
Being a good free throw-shooting team has always been a point of emphasis for this program. We work on free throws in game situations as well. It is a big staple of this program.
brothers life motivation point
My whole motivation to get to this point was because I didn't want my little brothers to live the life that I lived,
five four games home points table three tight
This is a launchpad. We now have three games out of four at home and the table is so tight that we are only five points off the play-offs.
expected good great grind knew national ncaa people point realize success team won
People who expected a lot of things from the team don't realize that before we got here, the team only won 10 or 11 games, had NCAA sanctions. And people wanted national championship success right away. We knew it wasn't going to be like that. We knew it was going to be a long grind and a process. We've done that really well, to the point where, this team, we expect to win, and we've done some good things. It's been a great ride.
expecting facing games grind knew national ncaa people point success winning
People were expecting a lot of things from this team, and they don't realize, before we got here, they were winning 11 games and facing NCAA sanctions. They wanted national championship success right away, and we knew it wasn't going to be like that. It was going to be a long grind and process. We've done that really well, to the point where we expect to win.
freshman kid practice straight took
They took him straight to varsity. He never even sniffed a freshman practice. That's the only kid we ever did that with.
determined equal fed gets happy huge monkey win
I think we were more determined today, and we just fed off the momentum. I'm just happy we got this win before we go to Dallas. Now, everyone's equal again. This gets a huge monkey off our back.
dropped hit protecting stand
I didn't want to just stand there and get hit out of nowhere, so I dropped my gloves. I was protecting myself, I guess.
pockets school vote
If they want to get into the pockets of this school district, I am not going to vote for it.
insurance items looked needed
Some of the larger-ticket items needed to be looked at by the insurance company.
courage proved sacrifice second toughness
His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.
davis dead dropped knew tackled winston
Anthony Davis knew who Dennis Winston was, ... When he tackled Anthony Davis, he went backwards. I always said he dropped him like a dead bird.