John Margaritis
John Margaritis
win
We didn't know if we were going to win or lose. But we were not scared, and we did not play scared.
best deserve good played publicly team wish
I feel that we played a team that is as good as any team we will ever play. I want to say publicly that we wish them the best because they deserve it.
close compete experience learn stay test thinks trip women
It's a test for our young women to see how they can compete and to learn from the experience that they are going to have tomorrow. There's not one person on our trip that thinks that we don't have to play well to even stay close as long as we can.
bar close experience great hard seeing work
This was a great experience seeing where the bar is and how hard we have to work to get close to that bar.
hard hold proud team tears telling
It was hard to hold back tears when I was telling the team how proud I was of them and how hard they played. I thought they showed a lot of class. They showed a lot of guts, and they showed a lot of heart.