Robert Bates Quotations

We started off slow, ... but in the second half we really pulled away.

We pressed hard on defense and worked on stealing balls,

This contract is not perfect by any means, but it gives us the ability to get our guys back to work.

It is really exciting to watch the students grow up. I enjoy the little kids better. The things they do and say, they impress us. It is easier for them to listen to you and what you tell them. They really take it to heart.

It was a difficult time then. I was a part-time P.E. teacher at Alva High School and Lehigh Elementary because there weren't enough students for full-time P.E. teachers.