Jeff Slayton Quotations

We're excited about Tuesday, especially against a team we beat, but we can't take anything for granted. I don't think we've ever taken 11 out of 14 wrestlers to sectionals.

No one has more heart than Nick. When other guys get pinned, we need others to pick up the slack, and Nick did that tonight.

If we don't get pinned and get our pins, we can beat anybody.

I think there's an assumption . . . the education stops when you leave the classroom.

We used that as a lot of motivation. I guess we're not going to get help if we're seen as the team to beat.

We had a bad seeding meeting and we didn't get help from coaches in our conference. At the end of the day, I wanted them to see why I asked for the seeds I did.

Wow. What an unbelievable feeling. We've been pushing the program up the past few years, and tonight we took it to a whole new level. Getting to state is a huge boost for the program and there are so many people responsible, starting with the kids on the mat.

For a while there it was looking like Casey was going to get a monumental win. What a confidence booster that would have been.

Dan's just a horse and if he puts his mind to it he's going to win. He'll see the second- and third-ranked wrestlers in the state at sectionals.

Dan just mauled him. He didn't even think about scoring a point against Danny.

That match was crucial because we don't know what to expect yet from our freshman at 103 pounds. I wasn't comfortable until that match was won.

This is a huge step for our program to get here. This will help immensely. Finally getting here and wrestling here is outstanding for us.