Pat Mitchell Quotes (17 Quotes)

Besides us, I'd say Starmount has to be up front because of its tradition. They were young last year, and they should be good this year. They got some good skill players up from JV. North Surry and Ashe County also should be in the top half of the conference.

I guess we have to take credit for this whole thing, ... One year for Christmas, Mike asked for a tacky lawn decoration, and I bought him a flamingo. That year he brought it with him to Old Threshers, and that little flamingo became our mascot.

We were just scared to death of Matt Aiken. We spent all week on the option. It didn't look like it early, but we kept him in check the rest of the night.

The community and our booster club are really, really influential,

Every time they have tried to cut appropriations, they get a wakeup call,

Public broadcasting has got to have more resources. That was what I said on Day One. I'm saying it on the exit, and I'll continue to say it until hopefully somebody rethinks the funding model of this system.

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When you go out there and see those children and see the help the center is providing in so many ways, not only to the children but to the parents, I'm certain that it will always be my favorite project, ... From the time we started exploring the idea of building the center right up to now, everything about the project has been successful. It's a great asset to the college.

It's that time (of the season) anyway. We're down to eight heavy practices for the rest of the season, and we've got to get those guys ready to go.

For the most part, parents are very supportive. We rarely have a problem, and if we do, it is they get too enthusiastic. That is a good problem to have. We very rarely have apathy.

And in May 2000, Pat's agony was compounded when Kevin took his final fix. In some ways it was a relief to me, ... I know how guilty he had felt about what happened to Christopher but now he was going to a place where he felt no more pain.

I suppose we'll have to change the water or Gatorade we're having for pregame.

The perception of bias isn't there, that's what I told Ken Tomlinson, ... The majority of Americans do not perceive a bias.

That doggone nose guard (Isiah Furlow) was really a problem. We were scared to death of Matt Aiken. We spent a lot of time on him, and the first time he takes the ball on the option, in he goes. But the rest of the night we did OK on him.

The one thing I hear over and over again, wherever I am ... is that people want to be sure if they're supporting this institution that it's not a government mouthpiece,

It has been an unbelievable project even back in the planning stages, ... We actually started the fundraising campaign in October that year and by the annual dinner in December we raised a half million dollars. It was just amazing that it all came together that fast.

I had no idea, I was very naive, ... You hear about things but you never think it will be your children. Back then, you never really read about drugs and you didn't really hear about it on the news.