Quotes by Clint Johnson

“The few years leading up to that season hadnt been that good. It was a turn-around year. We had good team chemistry. There was a whole new attitude with the new coach.”

“I dont know how many teams have the H-3 any more. But under him it was hustle, hustle, hustle. It was also about that time when the saying Be a Pioneer, be a champion came out. And the community started getting involved more too.”

“I dont remember. Probably had something to do with girls.”

“We just had a lot of good athletes at the time. We won league in just about everything. It was one of those time periods where top to bottom, senior class to sophomore, there were a lot of good athletes.”

“After my junior year coach Zacher came to me and said I was talking to the coaches at KU and they said they were interested in you.”

“I think its when you grow up near a place like that and you have an opportunity to go there, how could you not?”

“I was the only returning starter. We just didnt have the players top to bottom that we had before, and we ran into some good teams.”

“The year before I got there, KU was in the final four. At that time there were only 32 teams in the tournament. So you had to be one of the best to get in. It wasnt like today where the no. 1 seed plays a 16 seed that barely had a .500 season.”

“It was between Christmas and New Years. The teams gathered together in Kansas City and played the tournament.”

“Kemper Arena was brand new my senior year. It was an awesome experience because you can see everybody play and get to talk to them. I really enjoyed that. Its really too bad they dont do that anymore.”

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