This was Joel Berry, the North Carolina junior point guard, sitting in front of his locker on Sunday after the Tar Heels' 75-73 victory against Kentucky – an epic win after an epic shot from Luke Maye, one that will live on.
Berry sounded tired. He sounded exhausted. He sounded a little bit dazed, too.
Maybe it was everything he'd just seen and been a part of. Maybe it was that and the pain of another ankle injury, his second of the NCAA tournament.
“It's giving me a lot of pain right now,” Berry said. “But it's all worth it, and I get a whole week to do rehab where last week I only had a short amount of time.