QUINN COOK DUKE UNIVERSITY CO-CAPTAIN 2014-2015 SEASON - ALL-MET ELITE

QUINN COOK 

DUKE UNIVERSITY 

CO-CAPTAIN 

2014-2015 SEASON 

 ALL-MET ELITE 

OAK HILL ACADEMY 
MOUTH OF WILSON VA.

Q. Talk about Quinn Cook. He's a senior this year. He's shown flashes but has been inconsistent during his career. Talk about his development during the off‑season. And then also, do you think this team has something to prove? 

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: Well, I'll start with the second one first. They don't have anything to prove except what they're doing this year. If we won the national championship, they wouldn't have to prove the national championship again. What you did in one season is completely irrelevant to what you're doing in this season. If you take anything from the last season to the next season, I think it's a mistake. 

You have to start out fresh. Each guy starts out fresh. We're not going to put the score of the Mercer game on the scoreboard or anything like that. Just like after 2010 we didn't flash our national championship rings. You've got to concentrate on who you are right now. 

In Quinn's case, Quinn has been a really good player for us. He's started probably in 60 percent of the games he's been at Duke, so I wouldn't call him inconsistent. I would call him a good player who's been good enough to be a starter at Duke in 60 percent of his games. He's been a winner for us. He, like everyone else, has got to learn what their role is going to be on this team and embrace it, and how you use it to enhance what your total effort should be, and that's you winning as a team and not any individual thing.

Quinn is a great kid. He's one of our co‑captains along with Amile, and we look for big things from him.