Brad Dancer
Brad Dancer
bit obstacles
It's a bit of a disadvantage for us, which is good, because we need some obstacles to overcome.
couple days geared guys hopefully match mother moving nature outdoor outside played ready today toward yesterday
We just play each match one at a time. We played better today than we did yesterday and we're going to keep moving forward. The guys will take a couple of days off and will get ready for our 'second season.' Everything from here on out will be geared toward the outdoor season. We've already put the nets up outside and hopefully Mother Nature cooperates and we'll be ready to get out there.
against change extremely goals good intense losing match matches played thursday usc
It was an extremely intense match and A&M played very well. Losing two matches doesn't change our goals as we go down the road. We'll get right back at it Thursday against a very good USC team.
college crowd duke environment fantastic great guys proud tennis tough win
Duke really had a fantastic crowd and made it tough for us to get a win on the road. It was a great environment for college tennis and I am really proud of the way our guys competed tonight.
loss player respond saw teams
Right now, we saw what a loss of a player does for us, but some teams respond really well to that.
great high leaps team tremendous value
Brandon has made such great leaps forward. He has such tremendous value to the team and is a person of such high integrity. He just has such a great spirit.
dangerous scared
Doug Stewart is a very dangerous player. But we won't play scared of him.
bootstraps both came frustrated good happen loses lost matches move ourselves pick start
We're disappointed and frustrated that we lost both matches over the weekend. But we're going to pick ourselves up from the bootstraps and get right back at it. Nothing very good came out of those two loses but we need to start making good things happen as we move forward.
ability almost coach four guys honored people tennis terms wish
You are almost honored as a coach to have two guys of that quality, not only in terms of tennis ability but also because of the people that they are. You wish that you could keep them for another four years.
easily time
We could easily have stumbled at any time (this season).
act bear hungry maybe opening wounded
Maybe a wounded bear is the hungriest bear. We have to come out and act like we're the wounded bear - like we're hungry and like we want it. If we do that opening night, that will show.
finish good impressed star weekend
We had a good finish to the weekend today. Monte really impressed me with his play today. He was the star on Sunday.
capable match score status stay winning
We were capable of winning this match by even more of a score margin. We don't want to stay status quo. We want to keep growing.
absolute again coach days eight feels guys ready
When we have eight days off, it feels like an absolute eternity. I'm ready to coach again and I think the guys are ready to play again.