Richard Corso
Richard Corso
ball bit control critical focusing game situations
We've been focusing on ball control and a little bit more on game situations like up-a-man, down-a-goal, and two-minutes-left. Those are the most critical times throughout.
deviate four game instead plan stuck
We stuck to the game plan for four quarters. We did not deviate from it at all. Instead of a one-goal victory, we have a five-goal victory.
afterwards fired fun games next win
I feel good. We had to win these two games, and we were successful. I'm fired up for next week, and then afterwards the fun begins.
compete experience game highest huge
What we need is more experience. To compete at the highest level, we need more big-game experience, and this game will be huge for us in the tournaments.
against games happy match seconds thinking ucla
I'm not happy at all. I'm still thinking about those games against USC, UCLA and Stanford. For 30 seconds after the match I was satisfied. After this interview, I'm back to work.
game games national position telling won
They haven't won anything yet, know what I mean? We've won games, right, but to be in position to go to the national championship, I keep telling them that's what it's all about. You play the game for the big games and the big moments.
awhile change create culture figure takes trying
I think they were just trying to figure out what I want and what they want from each other. It's one of those things where you're trying to change a whole culture and it takes awhile to create an environment.
compete eyes high lapse learned mental prize three
We learned that we can compete at a high level. But we can never take our eyes off the prize and have a mental lapse for two, three minutes.
five goals
We can't give up five goals a half-that's much too much.
hard heard improved last maybe mistakes nobody player score
She's improved so much. We made some mistakes, but she is so hard to score on now. She's the most improved player maybe in the country. Nobody ever heard of her last year, but now she's on everybody's radar.
missed
They're very confident. We've had professional preparation and haven't missed a thing.
coach crisis left maybe season team year
They're a team in crisis. Their coach left before the season started, so maybe in a year or two they'll come back stronger.
arrogant dream execution hope mentally next question six whether
We're always prepared, whether mentally or physically. It's just a question of execution. And I think they're still cautiously optimistic. My hope and dream is for them to become arrogant in the next five, six weeks.
days last national progress seconds stopped team three training
The last three days of training have been unbelievable days of progress. For about 40 seconds out there in today's practice, I just stopped and said, 'Hey, that was world class. That was at a national team level.' So I mean, it was great.