Our team has never made any excuses about injuries and depth or anything like that. They've really shown up to play every game, and I thought that paid off tonight.

He's done a fantastic job with this team. I think of the injuries we've had - he's had his whole team out the whole year. They still play extremely hard for 48 minutes.

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

Our team has shown grit all year. We have been down but we haven't been out. We figure out ways to get victories and you have to be encouraged by that.

The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.

Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.