S. Walker
S. Walker
course evident improvement season
The team?s improvement over the course of the season was evident in the tournament.
great huge last pressure season winning year
Last year was huge for us. I think it has put a little pressure on this year's team. But that's all right. We had our first winning season last year and it was just a great year.
conference proud season seed successful tournament
This was a very successful season. We'll take 12-4 and the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament every season. This is a season to be proud of.
case exactly guys hurt season worked
That's something that's hurt us a lot, ... Not to make excuses, but when you don't have the guys who have worked back there all season long it's going to hurt you. Some of those guys will be back, but again, we don't know exactly when it will be. It's a case by case deal.
against beat break catch ended far game last mean meant ourselves playoffs prove season starting wonder year
As far as the standings go, this game didn't mean much. But it meant a lot to us, just to prove to ourselves and to everyone else that we could beat them. They beat us this year, last year and ended our season in the playoffs last year. So we were starting to wonder when we were going to catch a break against those guys. That's why this game is so big for us.
football great left season
I'll say what I say on the sidelines: There's a lot of football left, ... There's a lot of football left in this season a lot. We need a great off week.
confidence excited level season
I'm excited for her to go into this season with the confidence that she is a Pac-10 level shortstop. We know that she is going to come up with big plays, and be a stabilizing force.
control gun momentum normally run side surprised tried worked
We tried to keep the momentum on our side and control the tempo. We don't normally play a run and gun style, so I was surprised that when we sped up the game, it actually worked in our favor.
hole inside might tried
We tried to get one inside on him. We thought we might have had a hole there but he made the adjustment.
believe buy count decisions falls instead kids major regular shut six starting team tech
We just want the kids to attack. We'll count up the takedowns at the end of the year. We want them to be aggressive, to not shut down for six minutes. We want them going for major decisions instead of regular decisions, tech falls instead of majors, falls instead of tech falls. We want them getting team points, to buy into the team concept, and they're starting to believe in it.
adding bricks
We just got keep adding bricks to the mansion.
carefully climb crash crew entire feeling hatched helm holding mistake opposite rig side southern spike storm sweep top yacht
We were out there in the Southern Ocean, feeling very insignificant in a big part of the planet, ... At any minute, another storm would sweep in. We hatched a plan: Spike and I would climb up and jury-rig the fitting. As we started the climb, I told the crew that they must helm the yacht very carefully on the opposite tack, as the rigging was only holding up one side of the mast. If the helmsman made a mistake while we were up on the mast, we'd crash down over the side with the entire rig on top of us.
dug half last ourselves played second six wish
We wish we could have started the second half better. We dug ourselves into a hole. But these last five, six weeks, we've played great.
list medication people refer
When I take my medication I refer to my list of people not to call. It's a long list.