Quotes by Dave Magarity

“For her to do what shes done I think its an incredible thing for us. Its made all the difference in the world.”

“Youre talking about a kid whos mature beyond her years. Its her toughness mentally and her ability to perform under pressure situations, including pressure free throws. She does things that a lot of freshmen just dont do.”

“I got him in the office and got her on the speaker phone. I was at my wits end with him. I was ready to send him home and said it wasnt going to work out. She was very clear - I am not going to let him back in the house - and she started in on him and the kid got very emotional. I was like, Whoa, .. at least she has my back.”

“My lasting memory of her will be as one of the great communicators with young people that Ive ever been around in my coaching career. Its tragic. My lasting memory will be of her smile. We just had so much fun.”

“This place can be brutal for a woman. Maggie was the big sister they all needed.”

“I have mixed emotions today. Everybody here lost a great friend, a woman with tremendous character and a great role model, a young lady with a tremendous future.”

“This is a tremendous honor and thrill for me to be named the head coach at West Point. Maggie Dixon and I, and the staff, started something very special back in October. I embrace the opportunity to continue what we started and look forward to continued success in the years to come with this group of players.”

“I have mixed emotions today. Its been a tough couple of weeks.”

“I always came back to the one basic premise that I really wanted to coach this team, I really wanted to be with this group. I wanted to follow what we did and continue this job, continue this journey with these kids.”

“To sit there and look in the faces of these kids, all of them ... it would have been hard to walk away from these guys, and selfishly I realize I dont think I would have. I would have regretted not doing this.”