Thomas Gardner
Thomas Gardner
Col. Thomas Gardnerwas an American political figure and soldier...
against fight good half hard hole ourselves struggled struggling
We struggled in the first half and we put ourselves in a hole. That's something we've been struggling with the whole year. When you put yourself in a hole against a good team, it's going to be hard to fight back.
good learn planned
He told us sometimes things don't always go as planned or how you wanted them to. He said you could learn a lot from basketball. That it transfers off the court. It was about us as men. It was a good conversation.
best good isolate needed production
I called (Watkins) and told him that I thought it would be best if we didn't (have practice) because the production wouldn't be as good as it needed to be. You kind of just isolate yourself from the gym.
accustomed conscious early effort games gone heart hurt losing people played players streak throughout tried
I think it was just a conscious effort just to play better. I think if we had played like this throughout this losing streak a lot of games would have gone differently. I thought tonight, after the game a lot of players really hurt because of the loss. Early with a loss, we'd just get accustomed to it. This is a game that really hurt because I think that people really played their heart out and really tried to win.
coach definitely earlier
I said earlier that if coach Watkins is here, I would definitely come back.
areas enjoy frustrated laugh losses player spots
You always as a player are going to be frustrated when things don't end up the way you want them to. We're out there to have fun, and with our losses it hasn't been fun, but you've got to find spots and areas where you can laugh and still enjoy being out there on the court.
cap eight games jimmy nine owe season senior teammates
Where is there to quit? We've still got eight or nine games left. The season is still not over. I owe it to Jimmy and Cap (Kevin Young), it's their senior seasons, and to myself and my teammates not to quit.
broke cried hard words
He was speechless. He broke down. It was hard for him to get the words out. . . . I cried when he broke down.
quick ready trying turnaround win
We take a win any way we can get it right now. We're 5-4; we're trying to end up 7-4 before conference. Now we've got a quick turnaround to get ready for Oakland and Calvin Wooten, who's averaging 24.
missed
We missed 17 (shots) in a row? We really did?
basket early habit penalty second shots
The shots weren't going for us, so we made it a habit of getting to the basket and we got into the penalty early in the second half.
coaching continue create game plans search staff strategies trying
Right now we're still trying to search for that win. It doesn't get any easier. ... It's all in our control. We're the ones playing. All the coaching staff can do is continue to create strategies and game plans for us to go out and execute. We have to play the game.
eight hold points shots
Our shots just weren't going in. But we were still able to hold them to 28 points and only be down eight at the half.
expect finish games last league lose row top
This is the same predicament we were in last year. We can't lose this many games in a row in league and expect to finish in the top half.