Tim Short Quotations

I was praying for him. Trust me, I've seen him shoot free throws.

I wouldn't trade what we've done for anything. I think going on the road has made us a better team.

To get here, you have to be good, but you also have to be lucky. That was a case where they got a lucky bounce and it might have been the biggest difference in the game.

I watched five minutes (of videotape), and (my assistant coaches) had to dry my eyes. I was crying. (The Tornadoes) are incredibly athletic and big, and long arms. It's almost scary.

I was a little surprised. I've seen a lot of miracles happen, and one almost happened here.

Man, it would've been neat to have him in Milton.

We've talked from the very first day of practice that we had big goals, big dreams, and they've kept hearing it from me. Now there's only two teams left (in Class 4A), and we're one of those two. So we feel very fortunate.

We were just hoping he didn't get 30. Everybody we talked to over here, the feeling was that he was going to his points, but you had to stop everyone else.

With all that returning experience, I like our chances. Adam and Tolbert will be four-year starters.

We heard some comments (Wednesday), and a couple of their kids said they thought we were a little soft. We wanted to make sure they knew we weren't going to be as soft as they thought.

We knew (the Cougars) were deeper than us. We knew they were more athletic than us. But we had a game plan coming in, and for all but six minutes, we were able to stick to it.

We've won playoff games before, but not down 18 on someone else's home court. Yeah, this is pretty special.

We didn't handle that pressure, and our lack of execution on offense led to easy baskets for them on the other end. We didn't adjust to their adjustment.

This is huge for us. We came over (to Jacksonville) where people don't see us, don't know us, and we had a couple kids with the flu bug, but we still found a way to win.

Their five starters averaged about 70 points a game. We averaged around 50, so we didn't want to get in a running game with them.

The competitive nature comes out down the stretch.

Their athleticism is scary. You see kids in the Panhandle who are 6-2, 6-3 ... but these kids are 6-7, 6-8. I just hope we can score enough against them to find a way to pull it out.

I told (my players), if we could keep (score) in the 50s, we'd win.