It's set in high school, so it's a different demographic we're going for. You look at those characters and you go, 'What would they be like 10 or 15 years earlier than the characters you saw in the first one?

[Ryan] never gets to swim that event, and we felt like he had a good shot at breaking Anthony's school record. He probably will in two weeks when we're shaved and rested. But Anthony was still a quality athlete.

One little girl asked her mom if she could take $20 out of her piggy bank, ... I asked her if she did. She said, 'It was more.'

Meredith is not getting a lot of numbers so far this season, but she's learning that basketball is more than numbers. She's gaining a lot of valuable experience and things are going to start to click for her.

Everybody is hyped because we're playing against players we played against in high school.

It's kind of like being the new kid wherever you go, whether it's in school or a new job or whatever, ... You just have to find your way.