I think God opened the door for him. That makes him train even harder. If God's going to open the door for you and you don't step through it, shame on you.

He is proof that miracles do happen.

The reason they weren't all that happy is because their expectations were all that much better. That, to me, makes me feel good as a coach, that the expectations in our program were that high.

I don't know how he kept it together. I don't know, maybe the good Lord has His hand on him. I've never been in his shoes and I don't understand that way of life, but for him to come out of it, to face it, that's incredible.

Every year, I've been pretty blessed, but I have not yet not enjoyed coaching these kids. I enjoy coming to practice and hanging out with them and coaching them and watching them grow.

He did it the hard way.