“For him, it was extremely hard. He had so many expectations placed on him. You could even see where the pressure became so great on Isaiah. This was his team. I think it made him physically sick. ... He did not want to let his teammates down, his coaches down, his community down.”
“There's no doubt. If he would have stayed here in Minnesota, he'd have been under the microscope for four to five years. The pressure won't be there to elevate a program or carry a program. It was just, for him, a chance to get away. And we supported that decision.”
“It's like the whole world is lifted off his shoulders. Now he's thinking about prom, he's thinking about the green-and-white (of Michigan State). He's looking forward, and that's what young people should be doing.”
