The draft? We don't know. But I'm not too worried about that. I'm not trying to put too many expectations around myself. I've been practicing for two weeks. I can't really fool myself.

I'm up there on the sacrifice scale. School-wise, atmosphere-wise, family-wise, I'm happy. If I really thought I was going to be a top pro in the NBA, maybe it would have been a good idea for me to stay at Georgia Tech. I can't get down on myself. I have to keep playing hard.

I'm glad I kept myself ready. There were times in the season when I could have quit, could have just thrown in the towel, but I always stayed positive. I always remember last year at this time. Certain situations I was needed to step up big and it was just a coincidence it happened (Saturday).

I want to play against tough teams and tough opponents. That gets you going. I'm very excited for the heat of the schedule coming up. I know my teammates are excited, too.

I want to play. When I see opportunities, I have to take full advantage of it. I'm not fooling anyone. When I get out there in the game in Providence, I'm going to go all out again.

It's almost like Big Brother is watching me out there, those tic-tac fouls. The main thing for me, I think it's different when you're scoring 10 points and eight rebounds like I did in my past. You can get away with some things. But when you're coming off the bench, playing sparingly, I think they're just trying to put me back in my place.

It's like a little city within a church.

It was on Government Island, which is now Alameda, when they held the (1940) World's Fair.

You might as well give it a shot. There's a lot of things I need to learn, but if you put your heart into stuff and a lot of hard work, things will pay off.

Compulsory attendance is not new. Really, this ordinance just adds a little enforcement to an educational policy that's been around.