He was not developing the way I thought he would. He has all the physical talents in the world.

But once we lost, we had to focus on the states. We had one last shot. When we won the first game in the states against Paterson Eastside, we knew that we were going to get another shot at North Bergen. You don't get another shot often in life. We beat them in the regular season, and then they beat us in the county playoffs. All three games were wars, decided by a total of eight points.

The whole team showed what hard work could do.

He became more confident as the season went on and was our best shooter.

There were some games where he just carried us. He did all the dirty work.

I think the kids see that I work hard, because that's all I've ever done. They have a choice. Either work as hard as I do or get out the door. I think they've all bought into me.