Jim Yerkovich Quotations

He picks us up with intensity, and everybody kind of jumps on his back, and I think that's why we had the season we had.

If you nominate a guy, he'll be on that list. They're not really considered for the team. That selection process began a year and a half in advance . . . The players think they're being considered but they're not.

They've got three or four guys who can shoot 3s with anybody. They played a heck of a game.

There's nothing harder and more unpredictable than high school state tournaments. I don't know if I've ever seen a team persevere better. I know I've never coached one, but I don't know if I've ever seen one.

It's been crazy around here. The principal bought 800 championship T-shirts and they're giving them out to everybody.

(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.

They played so well defensively. I was so proud of them because that's always been the heart of our program.

I had been frustrated for my first 11 or 12 years that I hadn't been doing enough in the area of teaching values through sports. In 1978, the word 'We' popped into my head. . . . I really feel like 'We' is an answer to almost anything. It is the essence of humanity. Where are our greatest joys? Family and friends. The greatest hurts in life are the absence of 'We.' It's the best way to play the game, but also the best way to live.

His rebounding, and he gets after the ball. He makes our other players better.

Eight out of the 10 times we've gone, we've finished in the top five. It's become the No. 1 accomplishment of our program.