It comes and goes. You have to grind and grind and sometimes you catch a break and everything changes.
I thought we put a full game together tonight. We needed this for our confidence because we're getting into the grind of conference play, and when you shoot the ball like that it always helps.
I thrilled about the way this team played. Whenever they had a tough time out on the course or faced any adversity, they handled it perfectly. It was a real pleasure to watch them grind out this win.
I think the guys that have come back now have found that they have enjoyed the heck out of it. After the grind of the NFL, the college game seems a little more different and wholesome and spirited.
I think the one thing that should be talked about more is our guys' will and passion to win. They've really stayed focused on winning. ... We really didn't get a lot of breaks. We had to grind it out and find a way to win.
I thought both teams were tired. Florida looked tired and we sure looked tired. We were able to kind of grind it out there and made the plays we needed to make.
I thought a big key for us was that even though we didn't play well, we kept grinding and playing hard. If we would have made our free throws and gotten some more of our shots, our lead would have been 20 points instead of eight.
We were a step slow tonight, but we were able to grind it out. We show flashes of being a very good team, but other times we show how young we are.
When you're angry, you're grinding at what you're doing all week. You pay attention. Sometimes when you feel good about yourself, you don't cross a few T's.
I also like the idea of having Bagwell in there, too. . . . There will be a lot of that grinding going on to consider what it's going to be.