Ryan's a special player in that he's worked extremely hard throughout his career to really improve his game. It really showed this season. He led our team in just about every category.

Our kids have a whole lot of character. At one point, we were 0-8 in the league. We were out of the playoffs. It would be easy to go through the motions, but these kids have a lot to play for.

He's going to be a go-to guy probably next year, and hopefully we can have some guys step up, guys who have more experience. I think we'll be a lot better next year.

If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow

It seemed like my career was always on the edge of something. Twenty years of bubbling under and not quite erupting kept up the excitement for me, I guess.