Mike McHugh Quotations

We may have lost on the scoreboard but given the conditions and the quality of our opponents, we felt we deserved the win.

There is a benefit in playing the Cubans because they are similar athletes to those from Nigeria, who we have in our pool at the Games.

I'm not sure that shifts over to the kids, if they're really ready emotionally, but hopefully they're going to have fun and remember that it's a game and Kyle and Mat would have wanted this to take place today.

Knowing the types of folks that are coming, absolutely there's pre-emptive development going on. It's easy to look at the demographics of these communities and figure out what kind of people will be living there and what they will want to buy.

Shreveport is a part of the state that we are all interested in developing -- the unions, the state film commission.

Any time you play an international team and keep them to 50 points defensively you're doing an outstanding job.

Shawn is a tough kid. He loves football. He made a big decision to keep playing for us and he just works hard at it every day.

The big adjustment we needed to make was defending their three-point game. I thought we did that very well.

When you're a young player entering an international environment like Jess is coming into, you need some milestones along the way to build confidence.

It's always hard having to tell two players they're not going to represent New Zealand at a pinnacle event, but that's part of a coach's job.