I told the guys in the locker room that I was proud of them. This was a tough game. I like this team because they don't give up. The results just haven't gone our way.

We're having a good season. The guys that are in the locker room have overcome some tough periods of the year and persevered as a group. We've been tested a few times. Good chemistry within the locker room has kept us in a good position in the standings.

In one part of locker room, the guys have a plasma TV, so the guys in the ghetto always say, 'We're going to come get that,'

I was basically in the room, and they told me to get out there. It's tough, but I have to be ready.

In the locker room, it was pretty tough. That's the last time I'm ever going to put the jersey on, take it off, say 'team' with the guys. Sectional semis, it's cool, but it's not what I wanted. It's a good season but not quite good enough.

I was kidding around with the guys in the locker room, I said, 'You guys are proven champions, and I haven't proven anything so the pressure's on me, not on you. 'If we don't win it's my fault, it's not going to be yours.