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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
errors magical played settled sorts
We made all sorts of errors in the first game. We were nervous. We just settled down after that and played the way we can. There wasn't anything magical about it, we just played better.
critical ourselves
We've got to let ourselves play well at critical times in the match. Sometimes, we didn't even get swings.