Not to take anything away from Murrah, because they have a very good team, but we felt our experience would make the difference. Being a senior, I felt I had to step up for us.

Everybody knows you have to make free throws in the clutch.

It's a really emotional experience. For next year I'm going to work hard maybe improve a little bit more.

I know from my own personal experience. I was bullied in middle school and high school and went through my fair share of hard times thereafter. Also, one of my really good friends committed suicide when I was in high school.

Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it.

There is a fine line between stubbornness and stupidity as well as intensity and insanity.