Mike Wilton
Mike Wilton
Mike Wilton is the former head coach of the Warrior Volleyball team for the University of Hawaii at Manoa...
heap last nobody position quickly seemed settle top whoever
It seemed like whoever ascended to the top of the heap would quickly give it away. Nobody could settle into that position last year.
bring certain homework hope level realize shame
Does it take shame to bring this out? I hope not. I hope they realize there's homework involved, and experiencing a certain level of conscientiousness.
feeling lucky
I'm feeling very lucky to get out of Lyon with a win.
follow internet kept service
Even if we wanted to follow those things, we couldn't. The Internet service is down in our hotel. We're like mushrooms. We're being kept in the dark.
jump serves serving
Jump serves are good, but only if you keep them in play. No. 1 is a serving error. There's nothing worse.
control
That's just poor. But whatever. You can't control that.
good invested missing win
This was a big win for us. It's always a good thing to be emotionally invested in a match, which was missing the other night.
came needed nice turned
We needed to be balanced. Bender came in and did a nice job. I think he turned the tide.
guy passing reason serving somebody struggling team
Usually the reason somebody makes a serving substitution is because the other guy is struggling or the other team is passing him well. You want some contrasts (in the serves).
found lucky
We were very lucky tonight. We found a way to win.
game missed missing precise seen serves stop ways
We were so in system. They couldn't stop us at all. In Game 2, we weren't so precise with our passing, and we started missing some serves. In Game 3, we really started missing some serves. ... We missed some serves in ways I haven't seen out of our guys.
moment night played sure whether winning worrying
We played in the moment all night long. That was the key. We didn't play worrying about whether we were winning or losing. I'm pretty sure that's the way to do it.
games played start
We didn't start off so good, but then we got on our game, and we played well in Games 2 and 3.
barely believe eyes honest saw
To be honest with you, I can barely believe what I saw with my eyes.