Rich Herrin Quotes (25 Quotes)

I'm a great believer in the difference between winning and losing is intensity. Our intensity has picked up lately. This is a great group of kids who make it enjoyable to come to practice every day. We are getting better all the time.

They're playing well right now, like any team should this time of year. They'll come with excitement. They like to get up and down the floor. They run the fast break efficiently.

We played our best game of the year. Cahokia had won three of its last four only losing to Carbondale. This was a nice victory for us. I don't think anybody thought at the beginning of the season we would get 10 wins.

The biggest thing is that we competed and got a lot of mileage out of our talent. No way I'm bad-mouthing our talent, but I tell you what, our guys played very, very hard in certain basketball games.

We started well and our guys came ready to play. We came out of the gates but you have to give East St. Louis credit they didn't quit and sometimes when you're a long way from home you don't bounce back.

We seem to play a little harder in our gym and, who knows, they might take us lightly. You have to figure now is the time when anything can happen.

They came out quick and we didn't respond. We knew they were going to come out charged and ready to play and we didn't. They hit their shots and we didn't hit ours and next thing we know we're in trouble.

We had a big lead and thought we had it made, but we relaxed a little bit and they battled back. I'm a great believer you have to be ready to play 32 minutes of basketball if that's what your coach asks of you. I don't think we got that tonight.

The main thing is to encourage them in a little financial way to go to college.

We started so good and then we relaxed a little bit and they played very aggressive. They're a good ball club. We'd have sure liked to win two and we didn't get it done, but at least we're playing and having some fun.

Carl is always quick to correct me. One day when we were doing a scouting report, he noticed my shirt was on backward. He must not have been paying attention to the scouting report, but I tried that shirt on again the other day and it fits pretty well backward.

He's a very good passer and played hard. And he turned his game up a notch the last five or six games.

When we shoot the ball like we did and don't have many turnovers, good things happen.

I believe this is the best ballgame that Mike Simmons has played. I was glad to see him run the court and get a couple baskets. He is gaining confidence and when you gain confidence, other players gain confidence in him.

What really happened in the third quarter is they scored three buckets before we could get a timeout. We're in a 2-1-2 zone that should have been able to stop them and they just took it right down the middle on us. Those first three or four minutes of the second half are very important.

We didn't really take advantage on the boards like we should have but, hey, it's a nice victory. We have to work for everything we get and it's nice that at least we're not in the cellar of the league now.

Any time we win it's because we've played hard. I told the kids two things One, you'll have a lot more left at the end when you've played hard, and, two, the harder you play the luckier you get.

They're a team we're capable of beating unless they play like absolute gangbusters. They're not a big team, but they're a very good offensive rebounding team and we'll have to check them off the boards.

We made some good passes that allowed Childers to finish. He really played a tremendous basketball game.

We'll be ready to play. We have seniors who realize this will be their last high school basketball game if we don't win. They're going to play hard.

We did a good job. We finished on a good note. We only won 10 ballgames, but at the start of the year I thought if we won six or eight, it would be a good year. It turned out to be a very good year for us.

East St. Louis is a very physical team and they have good athletes. I think they shot the ball a little better today than they normally do, and I do know this, I know they shot better at the free-throw line than they normally do.

We didn't cover the three and all we had to do was put a hand in their face and make them put it on the floor.

Their quickness made us panic a little bit. As long as we took care of the basketball and got a good shot every possession, we were in good shape.

The guys thought we could just throw them out there and they would win. We have to have a mental toughness and take that approach into every game.