17 Quotes by Tom Arlis

(Mahan) has really stepped up and become a real leader on the team out there.

He saw in the paper where I said some of our kids with better records were the top threats to win titles for us and he was upset I didn't mention his name. He said, 'You don't think I can win this tournament? I'm gonna prove you wrong.' I said, 'I hope you do prove me wrong.' And he did.

He was so ready and so focused and so determined to beat him. He had it in his mind that he was going to do it. I think that is the biggest battle you always have, inside your head, with a kid that's beaten you before.

Just look at Kevin -- he's a horse. He's a horse and he gets after it.

Jon went at it like it was just another tournament and that's the key. It's tough to adjust to the finality of this tournament.

It doesn't really matter what place you are. I think he'll look back on this, when he's not so upset, and he'll walk away with some good memories.

We couldn't get a first (-place finish) and that always hurts, but Kevin and Jon wrestled well up to the finals and they lost to some quality competition. Those kids are tough, though, and the good news is they'll be on the other side of the bracket when we get downstate. I thought Greg wrestled really well, but as a team in general, we were a little flat.

Those two guys did the same thing in the dual. They genuinely don't like each other. They're both very competitive, both physical guys and they both like to set the tone and intimidate. Well, neither one wants to be intimidated so what happens is they flare up like that and the ref has to step in and calm them down like he did. ... The crowd was into it.

We got 10 in (to sectionals). That was a record.