Tom Peterson

Tom Peterson
Tom Petersonwas an American retailer, pitchman, and television personality from Portland, Oregon. Peterson opened his first store in 1964, which grew to a regional consumer electronics, home appliance, and furniture chain in the 1970s. His memorable television commercials and unusual promotions made him a widely recognized personality in the Portland area by the 1980s, leading to several cameo appearances in the films of Gus Van Sant...
chemistry consistent ensure focus good intensity played receive serve tournament trying
The tournament was a good experience. We've been trying to focus on serve and serve receive and to ensure our chemistry and intensity are good over time. I thought we played with chemistry and were consistent for the most part this weekend.
absolutely fan fire fun played struggling whatever
We've been struggling lately, struggling with questioning ourselves. Who should be in the line-up, who should be doing what. Whatever it was, I think they were all on fire and they just played incredible. If you're a UH fan it was absolutely fun to watch.
expect high host losing matches tournament
These matches are really important. We can't be losing and expect to have a high seed. We want to host a first-round tournament match.
hard ivan whether
Ivan is still sore. It's hard to say whether he'll play.
ball good house offensive passed poorly team
We're a good offensive team but we passed the ball poorly and we weren't very good with ball control. It was disappointing for a team to come into our house and overpower us like that.
accept coming matches playing time work
We have some time to work on things now. We just need to get better. We have important matches coming up. We can't accept not playing great.
guys harder missed played problem served tonight
We played very well and played a lot of guys, a lot of guys that need experience. Our one problem tonight was our serving. We served harder but we missed too many.
deserved hard played players pleased practice tonight worked
I was very pleased tonight to get in those players who've worked very hard in practice and deserved to play. We played them all and they played well.
ball consistent good improve pass played serve win
We played a very good and consistent team. We showed that we can win but we aren't consistent enough. We need to improve our ball control. We didn't pass and serve well tonight. If we can improve that, we'll be better.
against boil fast offense pass
We have to set a very fast offense against their height. It will all boil down to how well we pass the ball.
best hawaii team
I think Hawaii is the real deal. They may be the best team going we'll face.
best fast run team
I think, maybe, they're the best team in the country. They run a very fast offense, and they're very well coached.
ball improve serve
We need to improve our ball control. We didn't serve well tonight. If we can improve that, we will be better.
critical ourselves
We've got to let ourselves play well at critical times in the match. Sometimes, we didn't even get swings.