I've overcome a lot of adversities including a coach who told me when I was young I'd never make it in the sport.

When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty. I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.

Coach [C. Vivian Stringer] told us before it even started that it was going to come down to the last seconds.

He's already told me some things. I would just say this: When we meet, frank discussion between owner and coach is always valuable. I welcome anything he has to say and I will reciprocate with anything I think is necessary going forward to make us who we want to be.

It was heartbreaking when we lost to [Little Rock Christian ] last year. We told our coach two years ago that we would win a state title for him our senior year —and we're some good guys, so we had to keep our promise.

I told Tom that if I was a coach, that?s who I?d want on the field, ... I had all the confidence in the world in our defense and I?d still take our defense next time.