We went at it with a business-type attitude. We had a great week of practice and the wrestlers knew what they had to do. We want to be state champions and the kids know the road ahead of us.

Marcus is such a good player and he contributes a lot. He's had the attitude in practice that he's going to help us. He's been real good. He's had an upbeat attitude. I think all of us as a team are looking forward to him coming back. He knows what's coming (on the road). Marcus is the type that he'll use that to his advantage. He just has to block that out and play his game.

I do, ... because of the practice habits and the attitude. That's how I gauge our team. Especially when you've had a tough run the last few weeks.

You've got to approach practice with the attitude that I'm getting ready for a game now. And when a game comes, everything's just second nature. 'I've seen this play before because I saw it in practice.'

We went into the game with that attitude (Monday) at practice. I told them there were two things we can accomplish. For one, get back to .500 -- it sounds better -- and knock a team out of first place.

We came to practice with a whole different attitude. That's all it takes to get a team going. That helped get our confidence up again.