If you would've asked me that same question (about expecting to be in the state finals) before the season, I would've said it was a long shot. All the extra work paid off tremendously.

It's never easy to lose a match, especially one of this prestige. I'll have to look through it and realize how much I accomplished. There are a lot of other kids who dream of being in a title match with that many people watching.

At the beginning of the season, everybody wants to be able to wrestle down at Madison in February. It feels real good to do that (for the first time) in my senior year.

He came out physical, and he's a short, strong kid. It was hard to move him.

I have to be honest and say I think NASCAR was a lot more proactive in this situation than anybody has given them credit for. Did Dale's accident speed that up? Yes it did.

The loss of a child is totally different because it's contrary to nature, ... When it happens, you question everything you've ever known.