Ron Sisler Quotations

When we got that lead at the end of the third quarter, beginning of the fourth, I thought we're in pretty good shape.

We knew they were a little undersized going in. We worked hard and we stuck to our game plan.

We held them 14 points under our goal and any time you can do that, it's pretty good.

When you can hold a team to under a 10-spot every quarter, you're doing the job. I think they understand the concept.

When we started the season, we knew this team would have trouble shooting free throws. And we did all kinds of things to try to take the kids' minds off it. Everyone on our bench knew it could come back to haunt us, and it did. I remember thinking three weeks ago, this could cost us a state championship.

If this is the worst thing that happens in your life, then you're doing pretty good.

I don't care if they have six losses or whatever, they still are the three-time defending champion. So we respected that.

Basketball is a game of runs, and whoever has the last one usually wins.

I can tell you what I saw a look in my boys' eyes. They weren't going to let it happen.

We came out strong on the defensive end and took them out of any offense.

We had no business being there. We couldn't shoot it, we couldn't score.

We play defense. As you can see, we don't score a whole lot. We have to make a strong defensive effort.

We defend. We're not going to be beating people by scoring 70 points a game. I think, for the most part, that's been our strength.

We had the kids we wanted on the line.

We got some unbelievable contributions. I think that's one of the reasons we're difficult to defend because it's going to be a different guy every night.

We did all kinds of things to to take their minds off shooting.

We didn't move. We didn't set picks. We kind of got complacent.

Defense doesn't demand a lot of schemes, it demands a lot of heart. You've got to want to stop somebody as much as you want to score yourself.

That's why we're difficult to defend. It can be a different guy every time.

You respect the program, you respect their accomplishments.

They run him off all kinds of screens and picks to get him open. He's a great player.

A lot of good things have to happen, and a lot of good things did happen.

There's a lot more important things in life and a lot more things happen in life. You just have to keep them smiling.