23 Quotes by Bob Coolen

Right now, she has a lot of confidence on the mound. You don't know what you're going to get from her.

That's unreal. We have a lot of quickness and range over there (in the infield).

I wasn't aware of that fact, but we do target the best players in Hawaii and there's a lot of talent here. A lot of them want to stay at home and take what they accomplished in high school and do it for UH. They want to do it in front of their friends and families.

We had a balk. We're anxious to get started on Thursday.

Every game counts. If teams lose games (to weather), it affects the percentage of wins and losses, and who makes the tournament.

At 9-8, we're approaching our 20 losses much quicker than our 20 wins. We need to somehow, as a team, understand what the season is all about. The preseason is about winning a lot of games for regional (playoff) consideration down the road. We just haven't done that.

Courtney has to get a little more mentally strong on the mound. She's played a lot of competitive softball, but she never got hit as hard as she's getting hit right now. What's happened is it's mentally bothering her. She's thinking, 'Why am I getting hit so hard?' She needs to understand that in Division I, the (Nos.) 1 to 9 hitters are good hitters, it's not just 1 to 5 that's tough. Once she gets a batter on (base), and another, then there's a little bit of a breakdown, and mistake pitches happen.

As a reliever, she comes in more prepared. Maybe it's because she's warming up so much.

I remember that perfect game I threw when I was just out of high school. Nobody would talk to me . Nobody would go near me. I remember the feeling vividly. I remember the ballpark and everything. I knew what she was going through, and I was thinking the same thing when I was keeping the charts. I was pretty anxious for her.