He learned how to lose first before he learned how to win. He didn't end up in the top three for three or four years, before he started to step up and started placing in the top rounds.

It's one of 16. If you can win the first one, you can't lose them all.

After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this first round.

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

There are ways to coach -- one is not to lose and the other is to coach to win. I learned a long time ago that it is a lot more fun to try and coach to win. If you want to be critical, it was my decision to try and score before the half, leaving time on clock.

We want to be the top seed. Manatee has three losses in the district, but they could lose again. We have a very tough week coming up -- three games on the road all against good teams. If we play well, we'll have a chance.