Political Quotes

“just in the very few spaces that are left after we finish chatting about our great State and the great season our school had, there are two things I want to note. No. 1, Coach Frank Martin: coach of the year, a fantastic person, a great communicator, a strong, disciplined coach. It is very hard to misunderstand what he is saying. Coach Staley: Absolutely, positively, unequivocally the best women's basketball coach, in my opinion, ever, against UCONN--ever. Dawn Staley, 20 years ago, came within a single point of winning a national championship as a player. Can you just imagine being a single point short? And this must feel like redemption for our coach. We are so proud of the fact that both of our coaches are producing student athletes, learning academically, striving on courts but prepared for life, for living. So we are excited about that. I want to note as well that there have only been 10 times in NCAA history--10 times--that both the women's and the men's basketball teams from the same school were in the Final Four at the same time. It is a good time to be a South Carolinian. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.”