I thought our guys stopped looking at the basket. That puts a lot of pressure on J.J.

Our team showed spirit after we lost the lead. It was the kind of spirit that I thought we had, but we had to show it. Carolina has done wonders with their team. It was an honor to be in this game.

I thought our defense in the second half was outstanding. That is the best we have played in a couple of weeks.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.