I probably knew in junior high that coaching was what I wanted to. It's really the only thing I saw myself doing.

I know, obviously, everybody loves a winner but there's a lot of positive energy right now in both programs. Our kids are tight with each other and it's really a special year. Obviously, we want to keep it going as long as we can. I think '06 has a chance to be one of those special years for the girls and the boys.

I love our kids. We kept urging them when were behind 'Don't let go, don't let go.' They kept fighting. Cabot was one play better than us but we'll always be able to live with the results because of the way we played in the fourth quarter.

If you'd told us we'd win 23 games at the start of this year, we'd take that every day. It's been a great year for our community and our school and it's been so much fun to be a part of it.

I'm going to enjoy this one. This is a big win. Fayetteville is a very good team.

The kids just decided they were going to be a really great team and they were really committed. The six weeks of our summer schedule, we had 100 percent attendance out of our entire senior class. That's just how they went about doing things. They just decided they were going to be good and it took off from there. They set a great tone and led by example.

Size is not her (only) game. She can run, she can catch and she can score. She just plays of the top of you. It will be a unique challenge for us.

They were pounding us on the glass, and we were turning the ball over like crazy.

It's so critical for us to get our mind right before we practice Sunday. Our players are hurting. You can look in their eyes and see that they're hurting, and it should be like that if you really care. But by lunchtime Saturday it's got to be gone. We've got to have a great day of preparation (Sunday) and have the right attitude. We're going to break down everything that went wrong (Friday) and give it to 'em and then close the book.

That (start) is what excited me about ?em and made me proud of ?em. They approached the game the right way and they understand what?s going on this time of year.