“It was best that me and him not be in the same area. What he did was out of line. I can understand in terms of being emotional. But to just go out and take a shot at someone's face like that is not acceptable. I don't accept that and I don't appreciate it being a teammate.”
“It feels great going back-to-back. A lot of people counted us out because we had a little controversy or whatever. But every team has its own controversy. It's just that our team's was public. We really wanted to prove to everybody that we were here to win state.”
“We never lost confidence even though everybody else did. Actually, I even think it may have helped us as a team, what we had to go through, because it made us stronger as a team. The true leaders stepped up. I hate to say it, but it might have helped us.”
“If everybody comes back we think we can put together three in a row. You know how rumors flare up. I expect everybody to be back next year, but you know how rumors flare up. I'll be back for sure.”
“They've done it, and now here's our opportunity to do it against a team that's done it before. This is one of those barriers this university has not gotten over. We have an opportunity to get that out of the way and move on.”