20 ordspråk av Lauri Hakala
Lauri Hakala
At the beginning, we were kind of careful, I'd say. If you try to be too careful, good things don't follow. You don't have confidence.
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Defensively, he reads the game better than any other libero. He's very technical and he's very good all-around. He can pass all kinds of serves. He doesn't have any weaknesses that stand out so nobody can go after him.
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I felt like our middles were blocking everything.
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I want to be a diplomat someday.
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I want to go back to Europe, not Finland, but somewhere else. Depending on how I do, I want to play professionally after.
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I'm so glad I came to UH. We have a really good program, we have good teammates and we are well-coached.
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It's exciting here and it seems to me that people here enjoy playing more.
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It's one of those things. You either have it or you don't. It went the wrong way.
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Let's just say I'm glad that I stayed and nothing this year is the same as last.
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Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked.
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That way when the opponent thinks I'm going to hit it hard, I can tip the ball. That gives you another weapon.
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The entire atmosphere has changed. The guys are more open. If the guys have a problem, they can talk about it openly. Things are good.
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The whole team was amazing. The first night (a 3-2 loss), we didn't play our best. The second was very good, probably the best that a team I've played for has ever played.
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They always play good volleyball and we have to really be prepared. I think we are the better team, I think we wanted it more, we stayed focused.
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They're clearly way better than Stanford. I told the coach that 'your team is really good'. I don't understand how they have not won a game because they played good.
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