Won Quotations | Page 8

We knew when the schedule came out (last December) we were going to play the team that won the Super Bowl, on the road, and that it's going to be a challenge, ... Every week is a challenge. It's a great opportunity for our guys.

We knew what we could do in our hearts, but we still had to go out and play each one of those games. We went and won seven in a row. We did what everybody said we couldn't do. We took the scenic route. We went and visited everybody's city and played on the road. They said, 'No way they could have all these games on the road and continue to win.' You know what? When you play football like we play at that point in time, and just execute like we're doing, we feel like we can beat anybody.

We knew we would have tough some matches in the finals. But I thought that the kids wrestled hard. Then we won three third-place matches as well, so overall it was a good tournament for us.

We knew we would get our exercise in this game. Phoenix consistently pushes it and we just got outran. We could have won this game if we could have gotten down to eight or nine in the fourth, but they did a great job with (using) the three as a dagger.

We knew we were No. 1 in our hearts, but now it's official. It's wonderful to see it in print, but why didn't someone tell us?

We knew we were good, but we kept asking ourselves what the hell is our problem. We were wondering why we can't win this game or that game. Why we can't win close games. The one thing this team does lack is experience on the court.

We knew we were going to have to do it through the back door because we knew we didn't have enough through the front door. It just kept building. We won 10 of 12 matches Saturday morning and that was key right there. We won the three matches in consolations and we knew then no one could catch us - although we had to keep double-checking just to make sure.

We like being on top and we like people hunting for us, because that means we're doing things well. I'm not going to take anything away from our season. We're 24-6 and my second year -- with those freshmen that did well last year -- we had seven losses. So we're happy with where we are. North Idaho, looking back now, one of those wins would have won it for us outright.

We were at the cruise ship greeting all of our visitors as they departed, and almost everyone of them had just wonderful things to say about the city, about the volunteers, and I mean it was just...it was incredible.

We were almost perfect today. Right now (the second-place team finish), it's a little bittersweet. We felt like we could've won it. But with our backs against the wall (entering Saturday), we almost did it.