Despite the fact that you've had this training, it certainly is a different situation. You do kind of question yourself, 'Am I doing the right thing?' Fortunately, the stuff that you've had in the past kind of kicks in and you do that, but there's no doubt that it's a scary situation. |
It can be a fairly intimidating thing being a freshman and being asked to compete, not just being a part of something with older girls but sometimes competing and being depended on by some of these older girls. So there's pressure there, but I think they are tremendous about it. I can't get over the stuff they do for one another. |
We went down to Drake, and she did not perform well at Drake, so I think it was a good experience for her to go down there and be under that pressure and see what it's like. As the year went on she just really developed a lot of confidence in herself and kind of began to realize some of her own abilities. |