That's got to be our goal, to win state again. They taught me a lot, especially about working hard all the time.

Individual honors are great but the game is about all 15 people on the team.

This is where I wanted to be. I was counting on getting this far with this team. I'd rather be here in the Kohl Center than on spring break anywhere else.

I think it took the wind out of them, because of the way they were going so hard on defense and they still couldn't keep us from scoring.

We feed off the crowd but we knew everyone would be on spring break. In a bigger place like this, it's not as much of an impact. But at home, it's unbelievable.

Leaving a lot of movie sets, I've gone home and said, 'How come my hands are clean?' I should finish something and go home with dirt in my fingernails, because then you really feel that you've done something.