Paul Will
Paul Will
fall good knew positive shoot
I was completely positive at halftime. I knew we were too good to shoot 25 percent. We just had to keep working and I knew things would fall into place.
answered challenged doubts early good knew ourselves questions serious
I thought we answered a lot of serious questions about ourselves tonight. I had some serious doubts about this game. I knew they were a good team. Frankly, we hadn't been challenged early on in the season.
force including knew potential reckoned steve
I said the other day no one knew what Steve could do, including himself. And he showed his potential here. He's going to be a force to be reckoned with.
anyone beyond disasters knew prepared
While everyone knew this could happen, I don't think anyone was really prepared for it. There are some disasters beyond comprehension, and I think this is one of them.
coaches dwell guys knew last meeting morning needed playing touched
We had a meeting (Saturday) morning and we touched on our play (Friday) night, but didn't dwell on it. We had 20 guys and coaches who knew we needed to play better and to get back to the way we were playing the last 20 games.
hardest knew played season toughness win
Overall, the season went pretty well. We played the hardest we could every game. We didn't always win but we knew we had the toughness to win.
knew ought perhaps thinking though wednesday
I was thinking on Wednesday perhaps I ought to go home, even though I knew what I was doing wrong.
bother compassion cycle felt kids knew parents ready realized understood
It felt like such a right idea that it didn't bother me to put it away, because I knew it would be ready when it's ready, ... When I had kids, I realized I understood my parents better. I had more compassion for them and I look at my kids and realize, 'Oh, man. This is just the same cycle all over again.'
born decades eight hear knew league profound room silent speak stood
When Well Mara stood to speak at a league meeting, the room would become silent with anticipation because all of us knew we were going to hear profound insights born of eight decades of league experience.
early fairly fast felt knew numbers offense patient
We knew they could get into a slug-it-out game. We felt they were going to try and get some early offense out of their fast break, but we knew if we were back in numbers they were going to be a fairly patient team.
flirting good knew power took
We knew their power play was good going into the game. We took too many penalties. That's flirting with disaster.
exposure fairly knew monstrous small stretched
We knew that things were getting fairly stretched and there was exposure to potentially even small shocks, but that is not a small shock, ... it's an absolute, monstrous hurricane.
ability battle boards defended drive floor focus foul good knew played point shoot size trouble
We knew she fouled a lot. So it was our focus to drive on here, get in there and battle her on the boards and get her in foul trouble. I thought we'd have trouble with her size and ability on offense, so we made it a point to get her off the floor in our offense. Overall, I really thought we defended well. That's a good team, they can shoot the ball. We played well defensively.
knew pulling
We knew pulling it was going to be bad.