I felt pretty relaxed and pretty focused at the same time. The first round I got off to a slow start, so it was nice to get that out of my system.

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Hard work isn't the whole thing either. It's working hard, but working smart at the same time, going to every single practice trying to improve on something.

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I've worked pretty (darn) hard, so I'm going to have confidence going in. I don't worry about what other people think. They've never been in my situation, they've never gone through things I've gone through.

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I feel like I can go with anybody in the country, but at the same time there's so many tough guys in the weight class that anything can happen; it's just who worked the hardest during the season and who wants it the most in the national tournament. Somebody could run through the (NCAA) tournament killing everybody, but I don't think that's going to happen.

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