Alvin Copeland Quotations

What hurt us the most was missed key rebounds and easy baskets.

We knew what they were going to do -- it's the same thing they have done to everyone. They didn't do anything that we didn't expect.

We've won state championships when we haven't won region. It's not over.

It hurt us to lose by one point to Perry. I told the it would come down to that.

I was worried about Southwest because we had not run against them all year. I didn't know what to expect but they have a good team. They have more team members than they have (recently) and they are going to be our competition.

The expectation in this community is so high, they'd run me out of town if I didn't make it. The atmosphere around here is that we're supposed to be here.

We were prepared for what they were going to do. We just didn't get the job done. They had good foot speed, and they had depth on their team.

It seemed like it stayed on 33 (points) forever. The only thing that helped us was that they didn't score either.

Nothing happened, we ran as well as we could have run. There's no one particular thing we could've done better. If it is anybody's fault, it's mine as a coach.

It used to upset me because I felt like she didn't care one way or another. Now I know that she cares about the game. She's just a happy-go-lucky person. Nothing is going to worry her.

Any time you hit threes, it puts you right back in the game. I told them to try and not give (Perry) any threes.

Anytime we jump out to a big lead is a major concern. We won, which is most important in the end. But I thought we had a few unnecessary turnovers which gave them easy baskets.

I'm disappointed in our middle distance (runners), and by that I mean the 200-meter and the 800-meter. But that is something we will address next week.

I'm pleased with our performance. Especially after not knowing what to expect going in.

I had some concerns with (being too confident) coming in. Sometimes you have to get teams up to play (in that situation). I was cautious about that.

I don't know how that happened. We'll have a few there. We'll be OK.

The last time they beat us in the Christmas tournament, they said we played tired. We wanted to make sure that didn't happen again.