Quotes by Nichole Beall

“Its very frustrating to work this hard and not get a win. Were not giving up, were going to keep fighting.”

“We just give them constructive criticism. If they do something right we encourage them and help them out on the floor. When they do something wrong we just point it out and keep their heads on straight - focused on what theyre doing.”

“We need to start carrying stuff over that we learn in practice into a game. In practice we work hard and do things right. Come game time we dont think, we start going 100 miles an hour. We just need to stop, think and slow it down.”

“To me it doesnt feel any different, were all teammates. You look at the team as a whole, not as individuals.”

“I dont know what the count was, but I know I had two strikes. I was protecting anything close. She just happened to put one over the plate and I just swung.”

“I miss it like crazy. Id almost rather be out there and not be able to hit. Im taking it one day at a time. Im not going to push myself and hurt myself even more.”

“You have to learn from your errors and start focusing on whats in front of you and not whats behind you. I think that kind of woke us up. I think we might have been thinking we were better than everyone else. That helped us focus on our game.”