Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson
coming spirit stretch took valuable
When you're going down the stretch like that, every play is valuable when you're coming back. We had turnovers, which took the spirit out of us.
build satisfied
We've got to build on this. It's nothing to be satisfied with. ... We are a lot better than our record. We just have to keep winning.
ball driving
We've got to get back to driving the ball and making plays.
anybody guys key relaxed room tonight took
We were relaxed tonight because their two key guys were out. I think we kind of took these guys a little lightly. We don't have no room to take anybody lightly.
everybody knew played roles tonight
We didn't know our roles (then). We were just out there playing. Tonight everybody knew what their roles were and we played them to the end.
coming felt strong trouble
We really wanted to come out strong and we felt that if we could get up on them early, they would have trouble coming back. We got that big run.
adjust
You got to adjust to it, that's all.
chance deciding fought fourth hard quarter tough
We fought hard in that fourth quarter and for that to be the deciding part of the game, that's a tough call. We should've had a better chance than that.
apply hazardous lessons safe situations teaches
We don't have anything like this in New Mexico. This teaches us how to be safe in hazardous situations and see how those lessons actually apply on the street.
normal played settled
We started off very poorly. But we know what we can do. We just settled down and played our normal game.
agents border hope positive seeing though top
We are seeing more Border Patrol, but they (immigrants) are still trampling over the top of us. I just hope we keep getting more agents or military. We have a positive start, even though it's getting worse.
composure defensive kept key needed offensive stops
We needed a win. We kept our composure and got key defensive stops and made key offensive plays.
definitely expecting fight happy time
We definitely were expecting him to play. We were happy he was out, but at the same time we still had to fight and come out and play.
michigan people role
The people of Michigan will play an important role in this survey,