Calvin Saunders Quotations

I didn't agree with a lot of the officials' calls, but I'm not wearing a striped shirt.

My kids knew what we were up against. We beat a very good ball club.

We told our kids point blank at half-time that they needed to play with more intensity and get back to fundamental basketball. I can guarantee that we will not take Rockford East for granted.

We just have to get more fire in our game. We're used to jumping out on teams and getting the lead, but now we don't jump out on teams and get leads anymore and that kind of hurts us. We're not finishing very strong, and we just have to play better basketball.

I wasn't happy that we committed so many lazy and stupid fouls in the first half. We weren't moving our feet and we were reaching too much and sent them to the line too many times in the first half.

We have to understand that when we hit the floor we have to be ready to go and tonight we weren't ready.

We just came out scared. We haven't faced that kid of pressure before. They beat us in every phase of the game.

We didn't execute during crunch time. They did a good job of shadowing Will, which everybody is going to do, but my guys stopped trying to get the ball to him. I don't know how many shots he got in the fourth quarter, but I bet he didn't get more than a handful.

We dug too big of a hole and couldn't get out of it. You can't come into somebody else's home court and fall behind like that.

We played with better intensity on defense in the second quarter. Plus, we converted on their turnovers. Overall, I'd say we played good defense.

We're trying to get in good position to finish the season.

We have to come out and play our game. You have to get good shots. There is no doubt about it. That's what Foreman did in the third quarter.

The last three minutes of the first half pretty much dictated how this game was going to end up. If not for those last few minutes in the first half, we don't win this game.

Charles is a tough player when he needs to be. I need him to be more consistent.

It was hard for us to maintain our focus. We didn't have the killer instinct today and we played like it. We were not aggressive like normal, but Joe coaches that team very well and I was impressed with some of what I saw from those guys.

It was a physically tough game, but we got the job done. My kids knew what they were up against. We beat a good ball club.

For a change, we shot our free throws well. That is one thing we will keep practicing on because that is a big part of the game.

That's the first time I've seen Will dive for a ball in a long time. That's how we need to play if we want to be successful.