It takes hard work to be good. It's a lot easier to tell somebody to work hard if they know how it feels to win.

(Almost) no team is going to be 100 percent compatible. Our team was different, though.

We knew we were a better team than San Jose State. We heard a lot from them-that their players were better than us and that we are overrated. The fact that we actually proved ourselves was awesome.

Last season, people were getting hurt. We're ending this season at a high.

It's exciting for Cari. This is the first time she is traveling to the East Coast in a long time.

There's a lot of family support out here. It's going to be a lot of fun.