It's not a light switch; you can't turn it on the first game of the playoffs and expect to play playoff hockey. You've got to start today and carry on to tomorrow and get better as the days go by.

I'd grab his hand, and I'd say, 'Let's go, Mike, we've got to play St. Louis tonight -- that was our biggest rival -- and he'd grab my hand tight. But as the visits went on, there was no communication at all.

We knew Madison Central was going to come ready to play. We had to match their intensity. They're real excited about their first trip to the Coliseum and they had a great crowd. We had to match that.

They come at you real fast. You have to play them two or three times (on actions). You can't play them once and think (the possession) is over with.

Any time you play a team like Lanier, you've got to play your best game.

Coach Brent is a defense-first coach like myself. We knew they'd come ready to play.