Steve Payne Quotations

He wasn't just a fantastic player for us but a great person. He is such a good defender and a great team guy. He can not get enough credit from me.

Fairly significant indication of overflow. We are estimating upwards of 10,000 and probably into the 50,000 gallon range.

We expected it to be a battle, and it was. You just don't beat Dave Loos' teams easy. You have to fight and scrap. ... We have a lot of respect for the Austin Peay program. It's a great win for us.

Bradley has been bouncing off the walls since February.

At real big tournaments, you can pay a service to give you what's basically a palm pilot telling you the players' information, including whether they're committed or not, and what their playing schedule is. At something like this, I just try to watch as many players as possible.

They're the best transition team in the country. We like to run, but we had to put the brakes on tonight to keep them from getting out.

They just have so many weapons. We did a good job of stopping their break. And I don't know if it was our defense or our offense that hurt us. We knew if we allowed them to get out and run, they're the best transition team in the country.

I don't think we can just write off two kids getting into a fight with the nature of our society today. That could come back on us that we knew about it and didn't do anything about it.

He's never complained or felt sorry for himself. That's been the hard part for me, having to watch him go through this. It's been an inspiration for our guys and our program to see how he's handled everything as far as being unselfish and how tough he's been.