I couldn't straighten or bend my leg when I went down. It felt more like when players bump knees at first. Then the pain just started getting worse. After that, I just didn't even try to get up.

I just felt something snap in my leg. I just couldn't go on.

We didn't know when he was going to be back in the first place. This is just a bump in the road.

[That's lofty company coming from the veteran coach, who's put over 100 players into the college ranks.] When I came up here I was mentally tough and I was physically tough, ... Playing for Wallace Davis, you're going to be that.

I just liked the surroundings and a lot of the players were nice when I met them. It felt like I would be able to fit in if I went there.

I felt real good when that ball was in the air. It lifted our players up and everything.