Alex Hernandez Quotations

I dont know what was wrong with us. Either we were nervous or were just not that good.

I don't know what happened, ... Every thing seemed to be going well, but Wilson was just too fast.

But at the same time, I realize how lucky we were to escape with a tie. John made some big-time saves or else we would have been 0-1.

I'm always on the go. I work close to 15 to 18 hours a day. In bed, I could read my books and listen to my tapes and get back on track.

To finish third out of 32 teams is a great accomplishment for our kids, program and coaching staff, ... I still feel like we were the best soccer team in this tournament, and it would have been great to play for the title. But we have nothing to hang our heads about.

Hispanics and Latinos have made a difference in lower-end-wage jobs. We do the jobs that nobody else wants to do.

That was a tough loss for us to take, ... But our victory in the third-place game against New Trier put us in a very good position to be voted into a high seed going into the sectional seeding meeting (tonight/Wednesday).

We have been working diligently for this incredible event. The support from the school administration down to our freshman levels have helped ensure that this tournament will be a great success at our facility.

We have to look at race more often. And the professor seems to like to talk about race.

We're excited to have the opportunity to host this great tournament. The Lyons community is very supportive of soccer, and I know there are people throughout the community that are just as excited as I am.

To be able to come back and tie the game late playing a man down was huge for us. I don't know what was wrong with us. Either we were nervous or we're just not that good.

We showed signs in the beginning of the game, but then we panicked at times. We didnt execute things that are considered staples of a good program, and thats something that concerns me.

At the end, I couldn't walk. It really hurt a lot, probably for two or three weeks. I went back to work but I couldn't stand for too long. My feet got bruises on them.

The one good thing is that we were able to tie the game up playing a man down,

Now I know how the astronauts must feel. Maybe I helped them a little bit in the future, but they helped me a lot more.

This particular tournament will become a prestigious competition as it is the only one of its kind where all teams are seeded as opposed to schools being placed into pools for their matches. As this tourney moves forward, it will be a stellar event for the 32 schools selected to play in it each year.

It provides you with an extra layer of trust to the e-mail you're getting in your inbox.

Its really exciting just to think about. Were going to have 32 premier programs playing right here, and its truly an honor to have this type of opportunity.

Despite an unfortunate loss to Wheaton South, we played solid soccer throughout the tournamentincluding that particular loss,

Notes routers are not very efficient on SMTP retries, which tend to bog down the services quite a bit.

The key for us is to not deviate from our principles of play. To date, we have done a wonderful job of possessing the ball and have played team defense.