Advocating for your child is not always an easy road. It is a very worthwhile one. And [when] you stop to think about it, who in the world deserves us being on their side more than your child with special needs?

When you're sitting in the meetings, you have to keep telling yourself there is not one single person in the room that knows your child better than you do. And all those gut instincts you have, you go with them because they are much more valid than anyone else could bring to the table.

We felt like we were getting married coming down the road in this procession.

Val and Larry are distraught about the accident, and they know Calais has a long road ahead of her with surgeries for skin grafts. But right now they are most concerned with just getting her well again and are asking everyone to pray for her.

Well, that's not what you want. You don't want the right down the road -- you want the right because you love the person you're with. So no victory will be enough.

We have to find a way to bring our energy and level of concentration with us on the road. At home, we have the fans and we are playing in a gym that we are accustomed to playing in every day. We have a certain level of confidence [in U-Hall] that we may not have on the road. We especially need to carry that confidence with us on the road if we hope to make the postseason.