John Dunning
John Dunning
backup knew tough tried
I already knew it was going to be a tough day because I wasn't going to have my staff. I tried to have backup, but then my backup didn't show up.
asked chance coaches expect good knew listening next rate remember seat sitting talking team teams three tv
I wasn't used to doing TV interviews, and I remember sitting there listening to the other coaches being interviewed, ... I was in awe. I had a good seat because I was going to be next and they asked him how do you expect your team to do and how do you rate the teams. I remember the coach saying, 'There are three teams here with a chance to win.' I knew he had to be talking about our team as the team that didn't have a chance.
pleased
We feel like there's a lot of things happening. We've been pleased with what we've seen.
girl life
She's the same girl (after the operation) but now she's got her life back.
beyond brings level obvious oriented played remarkable talents team volleyball
She's a pretty remarkable athlete. Beyond her obvious talents - athletic, bright, very team oriented - the level of volleyball that she's played at brings maturity.
chance far final great hope tonight
They're really good. They have a great chance to be in the final four, and we hope to be there, too. I think we showed tonight that we're not too far behind.
coach hang level lose loss penn raise respect state team
We know we'll have to raise our level of play. Russ (Penn State coach Rose) always has his team prepared. I have a lot of respect for them. If you lose to Penn State, it's not a loss to hang your head.
atmosphere good great passed people pressure served tonight watch
What a great atmosphere for volleyball. What a great crowd, and it was good to see so many young people watch the match. Tonight we served and passed really well, and put pressure on New Hampshire. The Wildcats are a good team.
atmosphere good great passed people pressure served tonight watch
What a great atmosphere for volleyball, ... What a great crowd, and it was good to see so many young people watch the match. Tonight we served and passed really well, and put pressure on New Hampshire. The Wildcats are a good team.
asked great obviously president respect
But obviously I asked him not to go, like the president did, because I like working for him and have great respect for what he's done here.
good great
We have good players, how good we don't know. We don't have the right to be great yet.
came extremely teams win
We came because we have a young team, ... We thought there'd be other teams that would be extremely good. If you win here, it's not the end-all, and if you lose, it's not the end-all either.
advantage gave hampshire start tight
I thought we were loose, ... and that gave us the advantage because New Hampshire probably was a little tight to start with. And then it's all dominoes.
accepted bids early good run teams
I think teams accepted bids here because it makes sense to play good teams early in the season, ... It's being run in a classy, big-time way, which is really fun.