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. |
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. |
I felt like our middles were blocking everything. |
I want to be a diplomat someday. |
I want to go back to Europe, not Finland, but somewhere else. Depending on how I do, I want to play professionally after. |
I'm so glad I came to UH. We have a really good program, we have good teammates and we are well-coached. |
It's exciting here and it seems to me that people here enjoy playing more. |
It's one of those things. You either have it or you don't. It went the wrong way. |
Let's just say I'm glad that I stayed and nothing this year is the same as last. |
Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked. |
That way when the opponent thinks I'm going to hit it hard, I can tip the ball. That gives you another weapon. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |