“I just wanted to redeem myself and not let my man score. I knew they were going to have to put some air under the ball and not throw a line drive. Once the ball was in the air, I knew I had time to get to it.”
“He's been doing this all year. At one point, he would take shots and I wouldn't look either. I'd run up the floor and let the crowd tell me they went in.”
“I didn't think anybody was going to be up during the ride. I thought we were all going to make noise and fall asleep. But we started reminiscing about how the whole year's been, how we came to every practice and almost fought each other, and how we brought it all together. To finally win it was remarkable.”
“I hope they looked at us and took a deep breath. I hope they're taking us lightly. Because if they do, they're going to be very surprised at the end of the game.”