But when he came out he began to realize what we were talking about, and he had breakfast with Coach Wooden. We told him we were going to win the national championship. He got excited about that.

Hotter in the gym than it was outside.

People are trying to score a lot of points. Luc can go up and down the court 10 times without the ball and still maintain the same intensity.

(A new attitude) had to be developed. The first year was tough. It was hard for some of the guys that had been there three or four years (under Lavin) to buy totally into that (defensive) mind-set.

We're talking about a project here that has an estimated value of almost $700 million.

We were very fortunate to win the game tonight. We have spent a lot of time talking about adversity. We had four games go to the end and we've lost all four. ... We just didn't win, but we kept digging.