I know it's hard to be on the bench and to cheer the team on, but these guys always put the team ahead of themselves. They've been more than supportive.

This is huge for us.

It's been so much fun. That's why I hate when I'm asked to pick my favorite memory. It's tough to pick just one.

This is a reflection of my coaches, teammates, my family ? people who have all had influence on me, obviously. It's me being surrounded by wonderful people and trying to emulate that ... uphold that standard. It's a big honor. It leaves me without words. Very, very humbling.

It just took a drastic turn for us. We didn't serve and pass as well as we needed to. It's no mystery why we lost. We live and die with serving and passing, and unfortunately we didn't bring our A game.

He solidified the spot, and that was kind of expressed to me.

Of course, you monitor. You want to know. It's natural. You can't control what they're going to do, but you can monitor them.

We had to stop worrying about what they were bringing, and instead worry about how we were playing. When we did that, we were fine.

A win is a win. We'll take it. But we're not going to take it without learning anything from it. The learning curve has to got to be there.