Rowen Tupuivao
Rowen Tupuivao
despite hanging key mentally mistakes tried
Mentally hanging in there despite all the mistakes, that was the key for us. We could have folded, but we didn't go to sleep. We tried to make something happen.
effort great played respect
You've got to respect his effort and the way he played tonight. He's become a great player.
mistakes motivation speed
That's a lot of young-guy mistakes out there tonight. You don't want to use it as an excuse, but you want to use it as motivation to get better. Now they know the speed of the game.
care rather ugly win
Sometimes, I'd rather be ugly than good. I care more about the way we got the win than I do about what we had to go through to get it.
ahead coaching difference far fly last run
We're far ahead of last year. We were coaching on the run last year, on the fly so to speak, and it was hard. There's a big difference this year.