Rick Klimchock Quotations

We have really good roles for our kids. I'm not afraid to use my bench because we've used it all year.

One big goal for us is to get the last shot of every quarter.

I'm all about creating experiences for kids and, us coming up here, I figure we'd stop at the outlets and get a little snack there. I don't really mind it, but I think it's nice to do different things, especially when you win it's a lot more fun.

I feel proud to be from Westmoreland County because I feel, a lot of times, our county gets dismissed. I think we have some great coaches and great teams.

He was absolutely a tiger. We got him the ball early, we got him established and, we thought at Greensburg Central Catholic we didn't get the ball in his hands enough and we got it to him plenty (Wednesday).

He can probably go big-time in either sport.

We have very good depth, more than we've had in the past. Our depth has helped us, and we've played a tough schedule.

We had a nice game out of Sunder, Shannon was focused and Parker snuck in there with 10. The balance is there and, when you put four guys in doubles, it's really tough to lose.

We definitely had their attention in practice (yesterday). The last part of the year we've been ending practice at 4:30 p.m. and I left (yesterday) at quarter to six.

We knew coming in this game wouldn't be easy. We'll give the kids a day to clean out the cobwebs, then we'll get ready for the state playoffs.

We wanted him to rebound and score off the break. His role as a sophomore expanded. We asked him to handle the ball, rebound more and play better defense. He handled it OK.

Bradford came to play. Quaker Valley played a great game. We had a couple of breakdowns at the start of the second half and lost our momentum.

I've seen about 8,000 defenses this year so that didn't surprise me. It was pretty effective.

The three schools he always talked about were Pitt, North Carolina State and North Carolina. North Carolina was just starting to get interested. One of their assistants called this week. But he's always really liked Pitt.

I've made a conscious effort to try and downplay him. But he does have the potential to be a great two-sport star.

They're a good defensive team. There weren't any easy shots today. Some people in the stands may not think so, but I thought we played well offensively. It was a battle of tempos.

It's tough to win a playoff game. I know how hard it is to win a playoff game, I've been doing this for 14 years and I know how tough it is to win.

It will affect them and help them more than it will hurt us. It may hurt us a spot or two, but it will affect them more positively than it will us negatively.

He's very unselfish and he cares more about the team than his own statistics. He's probably a better kid than he's a player.

He's the most unselfish guy on this team. His unselfishness, I think, is something that the rest of the team picks up on.

He became a better athlete and he grew an inch or two. He's gotten stronger and has a 32-inch vertical jump. He jumps out of the gym.

A lot of kids know the question. The key is trying to get the answer on as few cues as possible.