Quotes by Rob Thompson

“We didnt want to do it in a traditional way just to do it a traditional way.”

“We just wanted to do it our own way, put our own stamp on it,”

“It turns the whole thing on its ear a little bit, ... Its fun, its goofy. Theres definitely a total irreverence to our approach. ... And then theres the pragmatic side of us that said, Why in Gods name would we spend all this money ... to fill a church for an hour?”

“You know when you go to a wedding and youre dreading who you have to sit with? I always felt like I constantly got stuck at the table with all the singles. And youre just sitting there, trying to make small talk over this enormous (table) centerpiece,”

“If we ground out a 1-0 game, its the same as winning 5-0. Its all the same to me.”

“I think weve gotten better every game, ... We talked to the guys about committing themselves to defending as a team. We dont know where our goals are going to come from. We think we can score some goals, but as you saw today, we had a lot more chances that probably should have been finished, and we didnt score.”

“I am pleased with my guys effort today. We had our chances, and we did a good job of keeping their forwards from doing any damage.”

“It was rough, ... I shot 80, 82, but had a lot of great experiences. I would say it was like a baseball player that was playing A-league ball and all of a sudden got called up to the big leagues without playing Double-A and Triple-A ball.”

“After my experience this year of getting to play in the U.S. Open, ... this is a little bit less intimidating.”

“Two guys form Merced, ... it would have been awesome, but just too bad it didnt happen.”