Gene Bess Quotations

He hurt us both times, I can tell you. He's a great prospect. The first time he played us, I wasn't sure. But he improved so much by the second time he played us. He's a pretty complete player. And he's got a team that's so unselfish.

We had pretty much all the ingredients you need. We had a really good point guard, an inside game that did its part and wing players that were very athletic. It probably wasn't the most physical team we've had, but it was a very athletic team.

It's so much bigger than me. I'm the figurehead for thousands of people that have contributed. As much as anything, it's been the players, the assistant coaches and those people that work very closely with our team.

They loved each other enough that they wanted the other one to play as well as they could, then they were prepared to come in and take over.

I'm just the figurehead for thousands of people that have contributed.

The great teams are teams that buy in, work hard, are in great condition and just won't give in. Their philosophy is they work too hard to give in. To me, our great teams we've had around here, that's pretty much been our slogan.