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...
bounce contend national tomorrow tough whether
We'll see tomorrow whether or not we can contend for a national championship. We need to come out and show we can bounce back from a tough loss.
building few improved last matches prepare program
This is a much improved team. They have been building their program the last few years and have a very competitive team. We need to prepare very well for them and not have a let down. These are big matches for us.
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.
crunch friday gave guys near school time
It's crunch time near the end of school, so we gave the guys Friday off.
confident frame good players talent tough
I think the players are in a pretty good frame of mind. We're confident in our talent and all of that. If we want to put it together, we're very tough for anybody.
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.
biggest game great helping momentum needed positive team turn volleyball win
It was a great comeback. The biggest positive was that we showed we could win by committee. We were a team and we were helping each other. Everyone did what was needed to get the momentum on our side. Volleyball is a game of momentum and you need to do everything to turn the momentum in your favor.
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.
crucial missed points seemed serves together wrong
They put it together at the right times. We missed serves at the wrong times and at crucial points they seemed to get better. They outplayed us mentally.
sore
It's probably from over-use. It's going to be sore for a while. It's probably chronic.
busting crunch easy forget happens intensity longer matches matters periods start time win
Actually, I think it's what happens before crunch time that matters more. It's so easy to forget about that. We need to be busting our butts before crunch time. That's when we'll start to win those matches is when we play the same intensity for longer periods of time.
alive both column hold hopes hosting huge loss teams tied weekend win
This weekend is a huge deal. We're tied in the loss column and we have to win both to keep our hopes alive of hosting the MPSF championship. We're really the only two teams that hold their own destiny.
against ball beach few good perception shot team weeks
We need to get better ball control, but we feel we're getting better. The whole team has the perception that we're a different team than even a few weeks ago. We've got a good shot to play well against Long Beach State.
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.