For the first time in the history of malaria, there is a real chance that within the next five to 10 years, this killer disease will no longer be a fact of life for many of Africa's poorest people.

By this time next year, the mall will cease to be a mall.

I think all the improvements are good, basic improvements that will get us through the next four to five years.

Malaria actually could be fixed. We don't need a miracle drug. We don't need a miracle vaccine. We have the tools now. We actually could save millions of lives.

We had a decent first round. We got five kids into the second round, and we'll take it.

It was very difficult at first because of a new coach and a new starting five. But to their credit, when we struggled in the early part of the season, they stuck with me and stuck with what we were trying to do. We strung together a couple of wins, and frankly, it kind of snowballed.