He was always pleasant and polite - 'Yes sir, yes ma'am' - but he had that short fuse, ... As he got older, he eventually came to the realization that even though he wasn't the one responsible for where he was (in trouble and in foster care), he was the one who was going to have to (rise above it).

[She] is an extremely bright and articulate young woman, and she's also brave, ... She was able to give us enough detail. She was giving us enough detail to locate a location where we thought we might encounter a suspect.

The play on the field will be as physical -- probably the most physical game on the field for the both of us.

She kept her head about her, she kept her wits about her, she was observant, she paid attention, she thought on her feet as things were going along.

Our first goal was to be 1-0. We've never been 1-0 before, so that was an important step. It was a bit of a sloppy win. But it's a win. If anything, we sowed we can compete against a Group IV school.

We don't mind playing against teams that are bigger. Our kids are getting better all the time and they're going to try to outwork teams. We'll take a couple of days off to rest and then work on fine-tuning some things in preparation for our next game. Today, on a 1-to-10 scale, we were a 5 1/2. On Monday, we're going to be better.

They want it. I know the kids want it. This is progress, but the kids want the playoffs.

I'm paid to be perfect. And on that play I wasn't perfect, and B.J. wasn't able to bail me out. I prayed the whole game that point wouldn't come back to bite us, and it did. I totally take responsibility for that.

She didn't just sit back and be a victim. She was actively thinking all of the time about what was going on around her, clearly details about a residence, thinking of ways that she could remember things.