These kids all understand how important those rounds are. It's tough sometimes because if you lose a match, sometimes you get depressed, but they did a good job staying focused.

In 365 days he went from agony to the thrill of victory. He learned to handle the pressure, which is something he didn't do last year. That's a very hard thing for a kid to do. It was a lesson well-learned.

If you're a coach from another section and you read that, you've got to think it's a misprint. Thirteen? Nobody ever does that.

Their pillars didn't fall and couple of ours did. They're guns were a little bigger than our guns today.

The kids going (today) have an uphill battle. That was a huge pillar we lost. But he's a 17-year-old kid and predicting what they'll do is like playing the stock market.

After he got over the shock of the loss, he handled it very maturely. He didn't make excuses. He just went out and worked hard. That's why he's a state champion today.

I've been on both ends of the spectrum. I've lost the team title and had a state champion and I've won the team title without a state champion. You take the good with the bad.

When all is said and done, it's just a game and it's not bigger than life. Try not to worry about it too much. After all, a match is just six minutes of your life.

You have to understand the measurement of success sometimes comes in not where you wanted them to end up, but how far they've come. I've asked a lot of these kids to step up, and they've done that. I can't fault the kids. The majority of them wrestled as hard as they could possibly wrestle.

We're doing our best to keep him loose. But that's the great mystery. When you get to the highest levels of competition, what do you say? You have to handle every kid differently. Make sure he's confident. Make sure he knows he's ready.