Carol Hutchins Quotes (11 Quotes)

I told all the players I had last summer on the national team to look at their uniforms, they said 'USA' across the front. That's always something special. But it's going to be even more special now since chances are being taken away from us. I'm not going to give up hope that somebody is going to come to their senses on this.

There's no doubt that we really value the fall practice because of the weather in Michigan. We value getting to go out and play together, and it's hard for us to do that when there's snow on the ground.

I couldn't be prouder of them. I just don't want them to relax on this. The seniors kept this team focused all year, and I don't believe the (Big Ten regular-season title) will phase them.

The shortstop is like the point guard in basketball. Merchant was a key to every aspect of last year's team.

We won and we came here to win. We're trying to win this tournament, and it's the only tournament we care about.

I don't want to say all is lost, but it's going to be a lot of work to get us back by 2012. Maybe 2016 is more realistic. But this is terrible for our sport and for women. It's a huge blow to all of us.

It's a tremendous blow for women, I can't even start to say how many opportunities have been negated for women athletes because of this.

She looked at that (final at-bat) as a chance to make something happen. That's what mental toughness is all about - concentrating on what's going to help you be successful, not how you just failed.

Samantha's one of the most mentally tough people I've ever met,

Getting here was hard, winning here was really hard. For us to be the champion, I don't think there's a word for it.

I thought that she pitched better in the first game than the second. She looked like she was steering her pitches a little bit (in the second game) and getting behind hitters. She's going to help us, but she has to improve.