The champion does not go easy. Any time you're a champion, you have a heart of the champion, and champions will respond like champions, and that's what Carbon's going to do.

You've got to be able to make open shots against zones because you're going to get them.

I haven't won any of them. The kids have.

I hope we see a different basketball team in our movement, and our ability to shoot it, because we're not a bad-shooting team.

They did it together and that's the most meaningful thing for me. They epitomize the meaning of team. To win a state championship, you have to have a team.

We did that all year at every home game. The band came to the championship game and the Dee Events Center was trying to play music and they drowned them out.

We were so tense . . . I don't think we ever did relax and get in the flow of Canyon View basketball. But at the same time we did the things that you have to do be successful ? you guard, you rebound, you're unselfish and you make free throws going down the wire.

Physically and mentally, you have to be tough to get it done going down the wire. I thought we did that on the defensive end and we rebounded the ball when we needed to.

Physically and mentally, you've got to be tough. We did that down to the end.

Our floor position was good tonight. I think we got where we belonged. We got a lot of tips and deflections that led to easy baskets.