Offensive basketball is like the stock market — it goes up and down. He had to reach that level of consistency on defense.

From the Eastchester game to now, it's been an unbelievable ride. ... They've worked hard every single day and done everything we've asked of them. They really deserve this.

It's an old cliche, but I'm an old coach so I can use it: All it takes is all you got. You look at him and you say he should be a double-double guy for us. Because of his inexperience and age I don't think he got the most out of his ability, and he's just starting to realize now you have to work tremendously hard to get results.

These kids could all grow up and be rich and eat lobster the rest of their lives. And nothing will taste better than those french fries.

To the people out there who vote on budgets: They took away something real precious. Like Whitney Houston says, children are our future, and if we don't support education — and athletics is a part of that — then what will we have in the future?

When I took the job it was like walking in a dark room because I had been at Mount Vernon for so long I didn't know anything else. The first day of practice I had three players in the gym, and to end the season like this is like a Hollywood movie.