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...
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.
competing diego division hard hardest respect san team work
UC San Diego is the only Division II team competing in our league. While they are at a disadvantage in that aspect, they work very hard and are very well coached. We want to go in there and play our hardest and show that we respect them.
ball becomes court deal driven gets harder mental practiced sails sea serve serving team
Serving becomes very different at sea level. At altitude, the ball sails farther. The ball gets driven into the court at sea level. Our serve becomes harder and it's a mental deal as well. But the other team (UCLA) is much more practiced at serving at sea level.
hard ivan whether
Ivan is still sore. It's hard to say whether he'll play.
harder performed played plays pressure served
They served harder and more consistently than us. They performed better under pressure and made the right plays at the right time. They out played us tonight.
allowed came crowd game mistake somewhere
I thought somewhere in the 20's in Game 4, we started to play better. It came down to if they (UCSB) would make a mistake and they did. That allowed our crowd to get into the game and get us going.
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.
opened passed
Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.
bite given good league stanford team
Stanford is a scrappy, hardworking team. They may not have a very good record, but any team in this league can bite you on any given night. We don't want to be outworked by them. We will have to play well to win.
bite given good league record stanford team
Stanford is a scrappy, hard-working team. They may not have a very good record but any team in this league can bite you on any given night.
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.
accolades believe coaches five guys recognized respect shows talent team
When we get accolades we believe it is a team award. To have five guys recognized shows the respect other coaches have for the talent on our team.
best both chance fighting host line match prove team
We both have a lot on the line this weekend. We're fighting for the chance to host a first-round match while they (Hawaii) are out to prove they're the best team in the league.