Kevin Palmer Quotations

Singapore is unique and known worldwide for its dengue control measures. It shouldn't be having this outbreak, but the number of cases is really shooting up there,

The rain was a little bit late. There was a lot of it. The temperatures have been higher than normal. So we got a lot of extra mosquitoes, a lot of extra transmissions. It all made a nice combination and blew the top.

He was pretty tough. He did a fantastic job of keeping us at bay, and they put it together when it counted.

It is hard to understand because in the past, Singapore has had a very sophisticated dengue surveillance and prevention system,

We have a lot of young guys, and they have a tendency to stand and watch and not move around a lot. The Hilton Head attack did a better job of working the ball around and keeping our defense moving. If you can't work the ball around, your offense breaks down.

We definitely feel like we should have won that game.

We had a couple of mental breakdowns. My guys have been working out so hard. ... They were really excited to see a new team, and they kind of had some mental gaps. But they were intense, and I like that.

We were pretty banged up, but we were still in the game, and that's good. We're sitting in the No. 4 seed right now, and I think that can work to our advantage because I think some teams will sleep on us.

Boy, do we need him. We've had to make a lot of substitutions with him out.

The rising number of cases and deaths indicates that something may have happened to that system whereby some breeding places have gone unnoticed and therefore uncontrolled,

Compared to countries in the region, Singapore has a very sophisticated dengue prevention system so when ... infections keep rising it's hard to tell what the problem is.

It's a city. It has a well-organized health-care system and a preventive system, ... It should kick it when it has an outbreak. There's something missing when the cases go very high.

It raises awareness of our priorities. It reminds us that when we chant, 'We are a family,' in the huddle, we really mean it.

It just seemed to all come together this time,

I liked the way he didn't just talk Xs and Os. He talked a lot about preparation, organization and delegation -- things that, with me just becoming a head coach, I needed to hear.

I can't wait to play them again. We'll see them two more times, and I think they'll be some real barn-burners. We'll be ready for them when we play them in the league.

The high number of cases is very hard to explain.