Mike Burns Quotes (21 Quotes)

We have felt welcomed at SFA since Showcase Saturday and orientation. SFA is just awesome it was a great choice for my daughter.

I knew there were spots available when I signed. There are a lot of guys here battling for them. Good competition makes for a better team.

You miss the little things the most - familiar faces, the kids' ball games, your normal routine.

The difference between first and last is probably closer than it has ever been in my memory. You have to play well every night if you expect to win.

Our guys need to get focused on Montana State. And the first step is to leave the emotions that they have after this loss in the locker room. Our greatest concern right now is defending our home court.

They just came out swinging. They're a good hitting team and we knew that. That's what made the first win so nice.

They do a great job of pressuring people defensively. And their defense is designed to just jam up everything and take you out of any sort of pattern. Under those circumstances, you've got to be sound with the dribble, sound with the pass, and sound with the catch. And for stretches we were 0-for-3 in that department.

We came out sluggish in the second half. Montana saw a little bit of blood in the water and they pounced on it. They put us on our heels and we played on our heels for the entire second half.

Given market conditions in Europe, 2001 will not be an easy year, ... There are a couple of markets having trouble coming back. Germany is continuing to struggle.

When you win an award like that during the conference season, it usually means your team has won both games and the player has played very well in winning those games. So I almost look at the Player of the Week award as a team award when it is handed out during the conference season. For that, I'm sure Rodney and our team is very appreciative.

It's just a matter of throwing strikes, that's pretty much my game. I locate my pitches and throw strikes. If I don't, I'll be in a lot of trouble.

I don't think anything was wrong with Stuckey. If there was he didn't tell me. He may have been a little under the weather, but as far as I know he was feeling fine.

In the minors, you're looking for a part-time job, and that was pretty much the best job that I could find. I had my degree, and I got my emergency teaching certificate. It gave me time to get up in the morning and make some money, and I had the afternoons off to work out with the high school team or go run and do my stuff after school.

It'll be tough. But one thing I've developed with this team is a great deal of confidence.

What more can you say He just makes plays for us, and when he's not making plays for himself he's making plays for his teammates. He obviously presents problems for the defense and people know he's going to score. It was a tremendous game by him tonight.

It's a tremendous honor and Rodney is very deserving. It speaks volumes of not only Rodney, but the progress our team has made as well.

People are astute at exploiting weaknesses.

We have noticed that the first couple of storms are usually the worst. Slow down. That's what seems to be the cause of accidents.

I think we did a good job swinging came up with some clutch hits. Our pitchers did a good job of slowing (Grissom) down a little in the first game, and that's a hard team to slow down.

You cannot solve this business only on the cost side, ... The revenue side has to be addressed also.

I did a range of everything, from special ed in elementary to Spanish in high school. It wasn't too bad. When I first started doing it, I was 21 and just out of college. I think they thought I was close enough to their age to where I was, I guess, cool enough.