Jim Roberts Quotations

What sometimes gets missed is he's a great passer too. Our guys did a good job getting up on him and getting their hands up.

Yep. To do what they did, especially to come into the season where there a lot of expectations, I think the kids did a great job of handling things right in front of them. I think that is what has enabled them to get to this point.

We're looking forward to going to the 'Mecca'; that's what we call East Aurora's gym.

This was a situation where everybody's got to step up and do what they do.

So far, we've not received any complaints from tenants that they are losing parking spots.

Matt's basket at the end of the first half was a big lift for us. He's a guy who just worked his tail off to get in position (for the offensive rebound) and then finished the shot.

Monster three. But, he also did a good job on the glass throughout the game. Once again, it's a situation where everyone has to step up and do what they do.

No one writes a check at this event,

I have been very proud of these kids in their willingness to look at what is right in front of them. This is a conference game that our kids needed to understand ? and they did ? how important it was to us.

He was a monster on the glass. He has the mind-set where he wants to get every rebound and that is pretty rare for a high school kid.

(He's) a workman, a self-made player. He's a kid that has to scratch and claw for everything.

He had a whale of a game. There weren't many shots that he took that were uncontested, so he hit some tough shots.

He had a whale of a game. And there weren't many shots that he took that were uncontested through the course of the game. He had some monster shots.

He did a great job of getting to the open spots and his teammates did a great job of getting him the basketball. He was pretty relentless on the glass at times, and I thought his teammates did a good job of finding him where he could get looks. I thought our ball movement as a team was pretty good.

He has the ability (to go) inside or outside so that allows him options. As a result, hopefully it makes him tough to guard.

He's a great player that doesn't need much room.

He wasn't a high-maintenance employee; he was low-maintenance,

I think it'll be a neat night of basketball for the Fox Valley.

I think the main message is, it's certainly good news that instead of a $70-million-plus projected deficit (in 2005), the city now has a small surplus. We're not done yet. We have to keep going.

I thought we had some good shots, they just weren't falling.

I thought our kids came out with a purpose, but there was no other alternative.

I thought our ball movement was pretty good. The shots aren't always going to fall, but when the ball moves, you give yourself a chance.

I think what I'm hearing is, 'Can we keep Heath students in Heath, at least through those two facilities (Garfield and Stevenson)?' And I think we could.

Jeff did a monster job on the glass, and he hit some key baskets.

Over the years you either keep your character for various reasons, or you let them go.

Step by step, we're continuing to build a strong, modern infrastructure for life sciences research at KU. New lab space in the MRB, and new core research service space in the SBC, gives us the capacity to expand our existing drug discovery and development efforts. This supports everything else we're doing to advance basic research at KU.

Marion is a great defender, one of the best we've faced. But, don't forget, he had some help.

I wish we had a finance director. We're working on the budget, for goodness sake. It would help us in getting together a budget and a five-year plan.

I think defensively we picked things up. We scrapped for loose balls. They beat us to loose balls in the first half. I thought down the stretch, we negated that.

My brother made a mistake. He regrets it,

We've made some very good friendships through it. We've been very fortunate in that a lot of our former players take an active interest in it and help us out.

Where all of this falls out is entirely up in the air. There was never any doubt that this was going to be a challenging and complex issue.

We didn't get a lot of second opportunities. A lot of times it was one and done. Against a team like West, that spells trouble. That being said, they did dominate the glass, yet we still had opportunities.

This was just two good teams going at each other toe-to-toe. It was a great atmosphere, great excitement and great intensity. I thought both teams played extremely hard. I'm very happy for our kids and I'm very proud of them.

Very intense. I thought both teams played their hearts out in a very charged atmosphere.

You have to show your persistence. Investors are looking for that persistence. You have the second meeting and keep talking, and three months later, they might write a check.

We shot the ball well and that makes everything a lot better. There's going to be nights where we don't shoot the ball well, and hopefully, our defensive effort will maintain us.

We did a pretty good job of converting those turnovers into baskets. Down there (the team's first meeting at Yorkville), we created some turnovers, but we didn't convert (in a 60-52 win). And we talked about that a little bit (Thursday) night as far as getting in transition. You work hard to get the ball, so let's value it.

Everything I ever worked for is right in this house, ... Fair is fair, dude.

Bill understands the important role of the KGS in the research and service missions of the university and is working to build closer ties with the rest of the campus. He recognizes that all public service at KU begins with teaching and research and has provided outstanding leadership the past two years and made excellent hires during the interim. Thanks to his efforts, the KGS is in a strong position and poised to be of even greater service to Kansas.

As the game progressed, I thought our guys did a good job of just playing.

The wind resource is there, it's the transmission constraint.

Our defense played pretty well. The kids did a good job of getting their hands in the passing lanes.

That's what we're trying to do. We're trying to do it in a fiscally responsible manner. But I don't think there is a perfect solution out there.

This is the first time the board is hearing this information. When there are budget constraints, it's never an easy thing to consider. But a committee or task force, I'm not sure that's a bad idea.

This group of guys has been knocked on their backsides and they continue to get back up. I think that's the greatest compliment I can give them. Everyone looks at their record this year, and that's something they've earned, but sometimes people tend to forget what we went through to get to this point.

This has been a journey. But the reality of it is, in a state tournament, we faced three teams prior to this and the journey came to an end for them, and unfortunately for us, the journey came to an end (in this game). But it didn't come to an end without a lot of great effort and a lot of tears.

Dave had a big basket and a big free throw and was large inside.

They came with great passion. Fortunately for our kids, we were able to get some things done down the stretch.

The neatest thing for us is the coaches we get to deal with (that were in this) are all great people. We have relationships with them that go beyond basketball. To have three of the four Tri-Cities teams come in and play is a neat thing. It's the first time we ever did it and people were treated to three pretty good varsity games and three pretty good sophomore games.

Six years ago, I got a call from someone in Superior Township who said I ought to come take a look at this guy,

I'm very proud of our kids, very happy for our kids. We're just trying to keep playing.

(In-store branches) give us another delivery channel to get in front of the customers and to get into markets where because of real estate price, we might not have been able to get into.

I think our kids did a good job of being in the right frame of mind; to come out on the road in a conference game and be ready to play right off the bat. I've been very proud of these kids in their abilities or their willingness to look at what's right in front of them.

He's so fluid and so smooth that it can lull you to sleep at times. He has the ability inside and outside, so that allows him some options. As a result, that makes him tough to guard.

He's relentless, obviously. There are a lot of guys that have the same physical attributes, but I think for him, it's as much mental. He'll come at you and continue to come at you.

He's the king and he'll always be the king.

These kids didn't take shortcuts. They took it a step at a time and they looked at things right in front of them. We never say good-bye to our seniors. Basically, we say, 'until next time.' Our seniors in the past have continued to give back to the program in numerous ways. I don't see this group being any different.

The church is even parking vehicles on my side of the line, ... The pastor told me to grow up. He needs to grow up.