S. Hughes Last Quotations

On the last lap, I felt like I was going to die.

Mill River beat up on us. They out-physicalled us and out-sized us and out-quicked us in just about every facet of the game. I think the majority of the boys are young men we had last year. They've got pretty good memories and that's one I know they wouldn't forget.

When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week.

It is a tie we'll all be looking forward to. It is a semi-final over two legs, we got to one last year, we'd like to go one stage further this year.

I was proud of our team's effort. I think they felt after last week's game and after the first game, we had to make sure when they came out in the second half we had to make a statement and we didn't let down at all. I was very pleased with both sides of the ball. Our offensive and defensive lines, I thought, dominated the game. I couldn't be prouder of our effort.

We've met them the last two years and we knew they were good. They're better than they were last year.

We are working really hard this week to get ready for this game. They have our number from last year and we want to take the bragging rights away.

We raised about $1,100 with the closest-to-pin last year. This year we should double that.

Don't get caught up in a competition to be the last one out after work. It's what you do that counts - not what time you leave.

We've got $1.3 billion worth of timber put on the ground in one day in southeast Mississippi. The state has been under a burn ban for the last month. We desperately need this rain.

This season, we've built on the qualities we had last season and now we've got our reward. Tonight was a great night for everyone connected with the club.

I flew out to D.C. to see the guy who did my other surgery (on his thumb last year). It was in my best interest to have it done now. They said if there was a month or maybe two months left in the season, I'd be fine.

On a very short-term basis, you got a little oversold last week, and on a technical level, this is a pretty good place to get a bounce. In the greater scheme of things, last week's movement was significant, in that it was a stronger wave of selling than we've seen in a while.

It was great to see Tom break out at the plate last week, and even better that he was recognized by the league for it. He has been steady defensively all season, no matter where we've asked him to play. We look forward to his offensive contributions to continue for the last half of the season.

It's similar to a situation last year (against Mill River). They hit us and we didn't react well.

That is just a horrific number, regardless of what it was last year or the long-term average. There are way too many people dying on our roads.

It was certainly a lot better than last Saturday's performance and maybe the lads have recovered their self belief. I've made it clear however that there's no point in us raising our game against Rangers and Celtic if we can't produce results against the teams in the lower part of the league. I know its going to be a roller-coaster ride for the rest of the season - there will be plenty ups and downs but I'm enjoying every minute of it.

It seems like we've started (in the heavyweights) the last three, four matches. It helps when you have our better boys coming up later. I don't mind finishing up that way.

It's a big boost to have him, and the club's biggest success has come while he has been captain. Training has been going well but the biggest problem has always been the lack of numbers. The nice thing is that we start at home, but they beat us twice last season.

We just saw, basically, body by body until, I think the person in the back seat was the last one to get out.

It's been an up-and-down season for us. We've lost a couple of close games that came down to the last shot, and we've won a couple of close games, also.

I feel I gained a lot of momentum for next season. My season started kind of slowly, but I'm really happy about making it to the Olympics. I've improved so much from last season, and I'm looking forward to improving even more.