Mike Wilton Quotes (27 Quotes)

Take your body weight, put it on a rack and power clean it 74 consecutive times, and that's a good argument for moving to the outside (hitter position). He did that. That's an endurance feat, of course, but it also takes a little strength, too.

We were the little Volkswagen trying to climb that hill without all of its cylinders. We gave it everything we had. We battled and battled. The neat thing is we figured out a way to win. That's probably the best thing I can say.

He's in there for his serving. Any time you substitute somebody for a serve, he's being brought in because of his serve.

Even if we wanted to follow those things, we couldn't. The Internet service is down in our hotel. We're like mushrooms. We're being kept in the dark.

Does it take shame to bring this out I hope not. I hope they realize there's homework involved, and experiencing a certain level of conscientiousness.

I think we're returning a very good core that had a wonderful season.

That was huge, winning that one. It was wonderful that they hung in and pulled it out.

It's a bum deal for him, as it is for us. He's paid a lot of time. He's paid a lot of dues. It's a tough deal.

I thought we got emotionally drained. I looked up at Brian (Beckwith) in Game 3, and he looked really drawn. Usually, he's aggressive out there. We fought through that.

I think we can improve overall, but we're doing pretty good. Our only concern is ourselves.

The key to tomorrow will be serving and passing, as basic and as uninteresting as it sounds. I want us to play consistently well, something we didn't do tonight.

One trip probably would kill seven years of recruiting.

He's being a good teammate. The Jose we're seeing (in matches) is the Jose I see in practice all of the time. He's a good player.

Jump serves are good, but only if you keep them in play. No. 1 is a serving error. There's nothing worse.

I think everybody played well. We had a couple of moments when we made mistakes we wouldn't have liked to have made. But we distributed the ball well, the outside hitters hit respectably, we blocked some balls and played some good team defense. We stayed pretty focused, I thought.

Things were going well clear into Game 3 and then we squandered a bunch of points. I didn't call a timeout because I felt we'd pull out of it. We had our chances in Game 3 and then we collapsed.

It seemed like whoever ascended to the top of the heap would quickly give it away. Nobody could settle into that position last year.

I guess somebody thinks we're doing OK. It's one day at a time. We're trying to get a little better each day.

The team did well at times, and didn't play well at times. It was one of those kinds of matches.

We're thinking 'one day at a time,' and hoping to get a little better each day. Have we improved since we last saw them (Jan. 20) For sure we have.

Serve and pass. You take care of the basics and go from there.

We played in the moment all night long. That was the key. We didn't play worrying about whether we were winning or losing. I'm pretty sure that's the way to do it.

They were the way we thought they would be. They had us on our heels all night.

We'll have good sessions (today) and Wednesday and we'll see how he's doing.

This was a big win for us. It's always a good thing to be emotionally invested in a match, which was missing the other night.

We're not too concerned about (the polls) right now. We're second in the league, which is what I pay attention to.

That's just poor. But whatever. You can't control that.