Quotes by John Parks

“Weve gone through this before, where weve had to replace seven or eight players,”

“She is not a loud kid by nature, but shell be a leader for us in some ways. She understands what it takes to be like that team last year. She tends to get mad at herself, but last years team helped her with that.”

“We are going to make errors. We did the same thing two years ago when we had sophomores on the varsity, but it paid off when they became juniors and seniors.”

“This year will be more of a traditional team with more playing time for the starters,”

“I look at Opening Day, and you have to be excited. I want to see exactly where we are at.”

“When I was in school 20 years ago, it wasnt all that important. And if the coach was mad at you, denying you water was something they used as punishment.”

“To be honest about it I was more pleased with our effort against the Kings Christian even though we lost than I was after our win in the opener. We started to become a football team last Friday night.”

“Its very unusual for boys. Boys usually develop later. But its a situation where hes very talented. He was always ahead of the pace.”

“I could tell the very first day. You coach 20 years at the college and high school level, and you can quickly tell how good a kid can be. And I thought this kid could be a state champion. And I saw that in the seventh grade.”

“And thats a sign that hes continued his development. The tone Ive set with him is, Hey, you havent achieved all that you want to. And winning districts in track gave him more confidence and motivation to step it up even more this fall.”