Oh quotes. How I've missed you.

"I couldn’t be prouder of our intensity...” UCSB's Kathy Gregory, just getting warmed up after the Gauchos beat UC Irvine in an epic 5-game match.

“I told them that (winning) is a muscle that they have to develop." - Nebraska's top banana John Cook, who wouldn't mind if his Huskers strained one of those winning muscles aaannnytime now.

"Refuse to lose is what it’s all about..." More Kathy-isms. It was a 5-game match, after all.

"This season is going to put a lot of grey hairs on my head." Samford head coach Derek Schroeder. He's not kidding. Here's what Schroeder looked like in August:

And here's what he looks like today:

"As we got better they got a little tighter..." Thanks, Coach Kathy Gregory, we'll get back to you in a sec-- "We hung in there, It’s all about never give up and never say die." Yes, but -- "You just got to leave it out on the court. Where is our heart, where is our heart?"

Sigh.

"One thing I really like about our team is that you can't tell what the score is by looking at their faces." Vol's Rob Patrick. Is the same true about Patrick? Let's see:

Not sure if you can tell by Patrick's face who's winning the battle, but I think it's obvious that the clipboard is losing the war.

“The funny thing is..." (Oh boy) "once we found our heart we ripped their heart out." That's...vivid, Kathy. Things are much more fun with UCSB winning!