Quotes by James Bowman

“We said the state messed up by putting 16 teams in the state tournament and giving us a spot. We knew we were going to turn some heads.”

“Giving us the 12th seed was the best thing they did for us. No one ever expects you to do anything but lose the first game ... we were so happy to get that seed. It motivated us. Every game, we tried that much more and played that much better. We all had it in our minds we wanted to make it to the state championship.”

“This might have been our last home game, but we hope not. Were going to try and fight for a (state tournament game) in here.”

A great many grown-up and intelligent people believe, or pretend to believe, that by behaving in a friendly and accommodating way to our attackers, we will show them that they have nothing to fear from us and so defuse their wrath. The idea that such behavior would be taken by a ruthless and implacable enemy only as a sign of weakness is as foreign to them as the idea of honor itself.