Bill Whitehead Quotes (6 Quotes)

It's kind of grandfatherly talk, but Neal is a very good boy. He doesn't want a lot of attention. Yet, here it is.

The strength of their team is absolutely to dribble penetrate. When a team allows them to dribble penetrate, that team is in trouble. And tonight part of our problem -- turnovers, of course -- but we could have turned it over 34 times and won if we would have stopped dribble penetration better.

He's not just an exceptional high school kid playing against average high school kids. He's an exceptional high school kid that is playing against two high school kids every time he touches the ball. And that's been every night.

He really had good skills. I thought about how to bring him along slowly, yet capitalize on those skills. But by Christmas, his play made it clear that he just needed to be thrown in there. He was going to be fine.

I never had to break up a fight or worry about someone getting upset with somebody else because somebody stole somebody's girlfriend -- stuff that sometimes happens never happened. These are young gentlemen that I enjoyed coaching very, very much. They're terrific.

Just on paper, without seeing him play you would know he's a good player. When you watch him play, it's clear that he's a good player. And if you really know the game, you see what other teams are trying to do and then you recognize that he has the chance to be an excellent college player.