Winning 18 straight doesn't happen too often. One of the reasons is we can go eight or nine deep and do as well as we can with our starters. For a (Class) A school, it's unusual to have that quantity of quality players.

We've only played one game to our full potential. We've got a good record and we've had some good wins, but we've only had that one game where everybody was hitting it.

It doesn't matter if you win you first 20 or 21 games. If you get beat in the (playoffs), that's what people will remember. That's my challenge to our team these next three games. I want us to stay focused and finish strong.

He goes after it. Out there, you see the guys who are winning, and they're out there to wrestle - they're wrestling the same way they've wrestled all year. He's wrestled enough in a lot of big tournaments . . . With the experience, it makes it easier.

Winning is like shaving -- you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

It's quite an honor to be a part of that. Nobody deserves winning state. You've gotta earn it, and he earned all four.