This has gotten a lot bigger in the past three years.

We didn't really know where we were going [with the story] until we got there. In my past, I was in a youth group and kind of had a similar experience - coming out in a Christian environment. So that was something I could easily pull from, so we decided that's where we were going with it.

You may have done it that way in the past. But you don't have to do it that way in the future.

You cannot know where your people are going if you don't know where your people have been.

Teams in the past have always received a lot of accolades for the performances on the court or on the field, ... But in this particular case, they not only did well in their sport - but they did well in the classroom, with the number of All-Americans and the All-Academic Big 12 honors they received.

I'm pleased to have been chosen by Coach G. and the team. I know they'll do me proud. If not, I'm going to invite them to leave Tucson and come to one of my Las Vegas shows, and then make them sit outside in the desert and let them watch their skates melt.