At that point in time in February, we weren't good enough. We are now. At least in my opinion we are. |
I don't care how good or bad a team is-you can't take an opponent lightly. You can't say, 'Hey we're playing No. 3 UCLA this week, so let's get fired up for that,' but whistle it back to the grave when you play Santa Barbara. That'll kill the team. |
I feel good. We had to win these two games, and we were successful. I'm fired up for next week, and then afterwards the fun begins. |
I think it's good. I love that kind of adversity, you know? Adversity and distractions only make us tougher. |
I think they were just trying to figure out what I want and what they want from each other. It's one of those things where you're trying to change a whole culture and it takes awhile to create an environment. |
I'm not happy at all. I'm still thinking about those games against USC, UCLA and Stanford. For 30 seconds after the match I was satisfied. After this interview, I'm back to work. |
It is all good preparation for the future, but the future isn't next year. The future is now. |
She's improved so much. We made some mistakes, but she is so hard to score on now. She's the most improved player maybe in the country. Nobody ever heard of her last year, but now she's on everybody's radar. |
The last three days of training have been unbelievable days of progress. For about 40 seconds out there in today's practice, I just stopped and said, 'Hey, that was world class. That was at a national team level.' So I mean, it was great. |
The level of competition is very high. We play the best teams in the country. |
They haven't won anything yet, know what I mean? We've won games, right, but to be in position to go to the national championship, I keep telling them that's what it's all about. You play the game for the big games and the big moments. |
They're a team in crisis. Their coach left before the season started, so maybe in a year or two they'll come back stronger. |
They're not measuring their fingers for rings yet, let's put it that way. They have me in check, and believe me, I have them in check. |
They're very confident. We've had professional preparation and haven't missed a thing. |
We can't give up five goals a half-that's much too much. |