Ron Averill Quotes (8 Quotes)

They've been working a long and hard season to make sure that we had that ability to be where we were at. When it comes down to that day, you just have to step up and make it happen.

The result as a team is going to come off the individual performances. Over the years I've seen a lot of guys not perform to their potential because they let the nerves get to the them. The challenge for us is to have that balance of being excited about our opportunities and not take anything for granted.

We have to be excited about the opportunities we have tomorrow. We have a lot of guys who are looking at winning matches on the back side and that's really what is going to determine the team championship. It's on the shoulders of the guys on the back side.

I knew the guys were looking forward to this. I was encouraged by the way they stepped up. We just took care of business.

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

When we started the 125-pound weight class, I think we were down 24 points and Turner still had five wrestlers. The key wins were the ones when we were head-to-head with Turner. When you look at the end of the day, all the matches throughout the day worked into the final outcome. I take that, and I appreciate that, but the way the team played for the championship was really good.

That first round is huge. You've got to come out focused and going straight ahead. If we can stay focused we could come through that first round with 10 wins.

A lot of times it comes down to desire and attitude. Unfortunately he got an opportunity to show there at the end of the match. You've got to give Kyle a lot of credit for holding those points off because there's not many guys who would have been able to hold that off the way he did.