Collectively, that's what you're shooting for. That's pretty close to as good as we could possibly wrestle as a team. I've been coaching a long time, and this is as proud as I've ever been of a team.
It's so nice to see them believing in themselves. I've been telling them no one else has to believe in them, just as long as they believe in themselves.
Tonight was a tune-up to get ready to go for the playoffs. We came out tonight just to make sure we were crisp and sharp as a playoff team.
Airport is the team that probably would give us the most trouble. The wrestlers they have in the rankings don't really do them justice. They've got some tough kids.
We fully knew coming in that they were going to be a developmental program, but that's the kind of thing we like to see. I want to see wrestling gain popularity all over this area, not just at my school.
We can't dwell on all of this. We've got to move forward. It's time to focus on those guys that are committed to making their dreams come true.
We have sort of a deeper bond that you really don't want people to share. Because in order for us to share that bond, we have to share a lot of the same misfortunes, a lot of the same walls of adversity we've had to climb. We've been forced to deal with a little more reality than any kid at that age should have to deal with.
There is no comfort words can provide in a situation like that. The truest comfort I could give was simply holding him in my arms, and letting him lay his head on my shoulder and crying with him. That's all I could do.
The only thing we didn't do was stick to the same way of wrestling. If you were here both nights, you saw the difference.
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