Zeke Jones Quotations

The referee's job is to make the calls whether they're tough or not. Some went our way and some didn't.

My approach has been, since they're already focused on it, why bring more attention to it? We certainly have to realize we are wrestling two teams this weekend.

Obviously, his future is bright. He's going to be the future of Penn wrestling. ... We're really looking forward to Matt accomplishing some high goals and having that opportunity to compete to become a high All-American or national champion.

He just has been a tremendous blessing in the program. He's had some rough patches between injury and being behind Valenti. He got his opportunity this year and to make it into the Sweet Sixteen is something he can be very proud of.

I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.

I think in any sport home court advantage is always health. Sleep in your own bed, eat your own food, go through your own same patterns.

Unfortunately, we lost Dustin; he was never able to get his motor running, and that was disappointing for him.

A lot of the teams will be pretty equally matched up there. There is no giant separation from the first to the last team.

They have a lot of big bullets, we have more smaller mid-sized shots at scoring points. It's going to take a collective effort to have the kind of success we are hoping to have at this tournament.

It's the most health I've seen a team that I've been a part of in 15 years.

It's great that people will be able to get a deeper look into the program.

In a close bout you always need to take advantage of the opportunities and really a lot of times get charge of the moment that can go either way.

He's slowly becoming the pride of our program.

The kid made a mistake, and Matt was all over it. Herrington being able to do that, that was critical. ... I told him earlier in the day that there's only one thing worse than losing once, and that's called losing twice. I don't think he wants that feeling again. He's a momentum kid, you can see it.