I told the kids that it is playoff time now and I believe that it is not always the most-talented team that wins but the one that wants it the most. That is the way we had to play.

It hurts to lose. What we did, the things I didn't want to see us do, stay out of the box, and that's what killed us. The two five-on-three goals, that was the difference in the game.

We had our chances in the first five minutes to win the game, and we didn't bury them. That whole game could have been a different game right there.

He told me he just got pushed into the middle. He didn't mean to be there.

When you go this long, you've got to grit it out. That's what it's all about. You've got to grit it out and wait for your opportunity. When you get it, you've got to bury it, and that's what we did.

That was my best time in baseball there. He's the best ever.