The one thing about A.J. is that he was always very passionate about playing basketball. It was always his dream to play basketball for a living and he was going to try every possible avenue and opportunity to do that.

He's part basketball player, part acrobat.

I think every team comes out and just gives it their all and plays good team basketball, and we've got to be focused every game and come out with intensity.

David and Josh have set the bar for Lions basketball. They have worked hard all season long and gave it all they had tonight.

What can be frustrating [is that] you have this one thing that you're really passionate about, but you don't know how to actually make anything happen. And for me, coming into my life when it did, Ignite was this fantastic opportunity to band with these absolutely amazing and incredibly smart people who felt the same way I did. There was this fantastic sense of relief and solidarity that there were these people that already cared about this and had put together this network.

Basketball started for me in this city and I want to be here when it's finally time for me to stop, ... I'm not here to retire. I'm here to help build something that will be around for a long time.