Tony Banks Quotations

We're glad to get this win over a good team that played great defense all game. This is our seventh straight trip to Troy, and we feel fortunate to be able to go after fighting for this win tonight.

We told them at halftime they needed to reach down and find it in themselves to be able to pull out this win, and that is what they did. Chris Pitts did a great job for us getting rebounds.

He usually knocks those down. He is a dependable kicker. Those things can happen to anybody.

He'd be challenged when he was out. I would let it roll off. Lawrence would respond differently. He would say something back.

We had our chances late. We just couldn't seem to get our shots to fall for us.

The preseason is like my season, ... As long as I get to come out here and have a little fun, even though it's my 10th season, I kind of look forward to the preseason.

The reaction to me out on the stump was quite hostile.

We play teams in 3A or 5A, and we play with them. That shows how hard these guys work, and we're really proud of them.

We were a tired team today, and we played like it. It was not a pretty game, but we'll gladly take the win over a good Dadeville team that came to play today.

Every team is trying to find a guy who can do two things. And he's able to do those things. He's able to block and catch the ball and get it down the field.

When we talk, it always seems like he's turning the corner,

It was a nice start. I would have liked to have a better finish. It's all about how you finish, not how you start.

A lot of the kids lived nearby and watched it burn. They were standing outside watching the flames. It shook a lot of them up.

Fatigue was a factor. They had a little more depth than we did. We didn't shoot the ball like we normally do. We didn't have it tonight and it cost us.

I made a bad read. The defender had turned his back, and then he turned around just at the right time.

Dom is one of the good guys. You see a lot of coaches around the league who aren't good guys but are having a lot of success. For a guy like coach Capers, you want to win for him. You want a guy with the character he has to be successful.

It sounds to me like he's hit rock bottom and he's asking to be disciplined.

They are three quality players who made up more than half of our scoring last season. But they deserve the opportunities that are currently in front of them, and I am sure they will all do their best and be successful at the next level.

The free throws were the difference. If we hit our free throws, we don't need a comeback. Normally, we hit those, but they didn't fall today.

They expect I can go in there without taking any reps and get us a win. I didn't get it done today.

The Lawrence that is written about is not the Lawrence I know.