27 Quotes by Diane Ninemire

We'll still be trying to get a feel for things this weekend. We worked on a lot of our communication problems in practice. I think we're getting closer to a starting lineup, but this time we're going to see better competition-we're going to see if we can do the same things we did right last weekend against better teams.

We've definitely got to bring our 'A' game this weekend. There's not much difference in the teams we're going to play from here on out. Most of them are ranked in the top-10.

This was a great opportunity for our kids to get a new kind of exposure. Some of our kids won't get to play in the Olympics, so it was a really unique chance for us to see how we match up against a top national team.

We should have been out of there in five. We just weren't focused and I was disappointed by the effort. We talked about how important it was to stay focused for games during the week and we just didn't get that kind of effort for whatever reason.

I've challenged the team to make sure in the future when we have leads that we don't let another team back in the game.

It's going to be a learning curve. We've got to roll with the punches. We are going to get better and learn from our mistakes, but I think our offense is really sound and we have speed and power. We don't have a lot of flashy players, but we've got a lot of workhorses, and now they have to believe in their roles and stick to our plan.

It's necessary that we go out and win a lot of games from this point on. Whether we get three out of four or we sweep this weekend, we just have to play every game like it's a championship game from now on.

If she can be consistent and eventually get to the point where she can go seven innings if need be, it would be tremendous to have two pitchers capable of throwing against any team in the country. There aren't many teams better than the one she faced (last weekend).

You couldn't ask for a better scenario. That's what we told the team today, that we needed to capitalize on every opportunity and we just found a way to get the job done.