Faith: belief in things unseen.
The new normal, if you've spent any time recently in the La Jolla football "camp", is expecting things to continue to build.
Even down by multiple touchdowns late in a game, coaches are still coaching and players are still intent on making plays--not just "finishing well".
Coach Jason Carter: "We got some talented players here and we're trying to build this program, and we're going to build it. We just got to make sure we do it the right way. We're taking baby steps. With all the bad that's happened, you kind of try to break it each week.
"I thought the guys believed in themselves. I told them before the game, 'Hey, nobody outside of us in this locker room believes in us, what we're going to do today.' I thought we were going to come in here and shock them. I really believed it."
"I think sometimes when you're a positive person, that's infectious and it rubs off and the kids start to believe it. The kids, for the most part, want to know that you believe in them. And if they know that you believe in them, they'll sell out and give you everything they got.
"I think you saw it in the third quarter." "They came out and they made plays. I thought we were the more physical team, and we knocked their guys around and knocked some of their guys out of the game."
Madison coach Rick Jackson: "La Jolla had a great game plan for us. They played physical and fast. They did a really good job."
"It's kind of a crosstown rivalry. We have a lot of respect for their staff and what they do over there. They've done a good job. It was a battle."
"I think we work hard. They do the same thing. They work hard. I think that's what high school athletics is all about. It's showing respect. We want to battle. We want to compete. But at the end of the day, we all do the same thing for kids. We're here to do the right thing. It's good to have coaches like that. I consider us to be like that, so I think it's nice."
Copyright 2013 Ed Piper
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