Everybody loves to score and rebound and shoot. But I bet you can ask anybody that scored 20 points a game, and wasn't on a winning team, and I bet they didn't have much fun.

This is great. I've scored 360 points in one week.

It's very important to score the first goal. We scored the first goal against Slovakia (in the quarterfinals). Sweden scored the first goal against us (in the semis). Finland scored first against Russia (in the semis). When you're down, you have to change your game plan.

It was nice to score a goal. I haven't scored in a while. The most important thing is we won the game.

It didn't take me very long (after arriving on campus) because they talk to us about it. Well, they didn't talk to us about it, but I asked around. But it's an interesting mascot, and it's one people don't always understand.

It would be a big step for our program no matter who we played to get to the Sweet 16. We know how hard we've worked to get here. We respect Tennessee and it's going to take one of our better games to beat them, but I can promise you we're not intimidated.