They're average American kids which is really, really important so we can then translate the results to the rest of the country.

Even if (kids) make you feel like you simply being near them is intrusive, don't go. Deep down, they need to feel their parents or professionals care about them.

We have some special, special kids. I think tomorrow we'll probably be huge underdogs, but we're going to show up and give it everything we've got.

From there it got tough and Canby was very good on the free-throw line. But again, our kids played hard, left tired, but winning second was really nice for them.

What is harmful to kids is to give them a first-year teacher. That is absolutely the wrong thing you can do in terms of learning gains.

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.