We didn't run the bases well. Other teams take extra bases on us, but we haven't got our heads up enough to see that. ... They want to watch the play instead of seeing that third base is open, and they better take that.

It's tough. You don't get a break going over there, but it's good for our girls to see. If you're going to get better you have to play against good competition.

We're competing the whole game. We're not having multiple errors in a row. We're spreading them out. We're not having that one horrible inning like we had a lot last year. We're still making some silly errors that we don't need to make. But we're getting better, no doubt about that.

There are a lot of people that want to send us home feeling like failures because we won bronze. I think we refuse that. What the Olympics is all about is character. And we showed more character and grace in defeat than anybody ever could in victory.

There are a lot of people who want to send us home feeling like failures.

Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.