Hawai Quotes

I don`t think it was a mistake, ... It definitely got me more visible in Hawai`i. It really got me exposure.

Some people think in four years I`m going to give up, but that`s definitely not me, ... I`m going to keep on going until it happens because I love doing it. Now that I`ve got my foot in the door I don`t want to stop. I want to keep on going. Since there isn`t that Filipino or someone from Hawai`i that`s broken those barriers, I want to be that first one to break those barriers.

I always loved going to Hawai`i; it was very, very special.

One of the great things personally coming to Hawai`i is my friendship of Jim Nicholson.

First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai`i was a brilliant idea.

The two-setter system we tried tonight went smoother than I thought it would. We hit .400 in the first game. We were pretty focused and had a lot of adrenaline going. But that was the first time Hawai`i had seen it so they had no idea. It`s a hard system to defend because you`ve got three hitters coming at you in three different spots every time. We had a lot of single blocks when we were hitting.

I think it`s the camaraderie of being out there with like-minded people, ... And you have a chance to see parts of Hawai`i that most people don`t get to see.