In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 read more

In some places if you get to the Final Eight and lose to the No. 1 seed and win 32 games, there's 6,000 people waiting to meet you at the airport when you go home. But with us, with our tradition, people say, 'What happened?' We're just a team that came close . . . a team that almost had a chance to be great.

We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I read more

We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I thought was huge.

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than read more

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

We started out with a 'no.' This is not going to change. We had the burden of proving to them read more

We started out with a 'no.' This is not going to change. We had the burden of proving to them this was a good decision to make.

That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy.

That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy.

He will undergo intensive treatment and will be reassessed late next week.

He will undergo intensive treatment and will be reassessed late next week.

Many of these companies are privately owned, and they now reach a point in their evolution where they grow to read more

Many of these companies are privately owned, and they now reach a point in their evolution where they grow to the point where they may lose family control of the business.

It's not a common thing we do.

It's not a common thing we do.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.