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...
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.
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.
definitely either heard huge knew moment plays presence seemed time
It just seemed like the time to put him in. He made some big plays and his presence was definitely felt. The moment I heard the cheering, I knew this was going to be huge either way.
crunch friday gave guys near school time
It's crunch time near the end of school, so we gave the guys Friday off.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.