Quotes by Richard Corso

“The level of competition is very high. We play the best teams in the country.”

“Weve been focusing on ball control and a little bit more on game situations like up-a-man, down-a-goal, and two-minutes-left. Those are the most critical times throughout.”

“Were always prepared, whether mentally or physically. Its just a question of execution. And I think theyre still cautiously optimistic. My hope and dream is for them to become arrogant in the next five, six weeks.”

“We learned that we can compete at a high level. But we can never take our eyes off the prize and have a mental lapse for two, three minutes.”

“I dont care how good or bad a team is-you cant take an opponent lightly. You cant say, Hey were playing No. 3 UCLA this week, so lets get fired up for that, but whistle it back to the grave when you play Santa Barbara. Thatll kill the team.”

“Im not happy at all. Im still thinking about those games against USC, UCLA and Stanford. For 30 seconds after the match I was satisfied. After this interview, Im back to work.”

“We cant give up five goals a half-thats much too much.”

“What we need is more experience. To compete at the highest level, we need more big-game experience, and this game will be huge for us in the tournaments.”

“I think its good. I love that kind of adversity, you know? Adversity and distractions only make us tougher.”

“We stuck to the game plan for four quarters. We did not deviate from it at all. Instead of a one-goal victory, we have a five-goal victory.”