Oklahoma throws a lot at you, ... So I made it a point to get my head ready and the mental part of the game ready so that I would be prepared this year.

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind – you could call it ‘character in action.’

He's unselfish. Copeland said he was ready, let's go. We made some free throws late, and Whitney and Copeland are one of the best inside-outside combinations in the conference.

All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stretch and missed six of our last seven attempts at the line.

Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

I was getting ready to head out there myself if he had rung him up. But I think he got the call right. ... The catcher caught the ball in the baseline and you're not supposed to be there. At the same time, what are you supposed to do if you're the catcher? It's a tough play.