I think it was a huge confidence booster. Arlington played well. They've really stepped up since last year.

She feels like she's lacking in confidence and speed, but I don't see any downfall in her play. I think she's as solid as ever.

We wouldn't have heard the end of that, so it was nice to put a win on the board.

It's a great group of girls. The attitudes are great. I'm excited, especially since we're returning so many players.

There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've got. And that is the security of confidence in yourself; to be, to create, to make any position you want to make for yourself. And when you lose that confidence, you've lost the only security you can have. ... Self-confidence is self-determinism. One's belief in one's ability to determine his own course. As long as one has that, he's got the universe in his pocket. And when he hasn't got that, not all the pearls in China nor all the grain and corn in Iowa can give him security, because that's the only security there is.

That gave me a lot of confidence making the last eight and showed I had some kind of game. It exceeded my expectations....The confidence, it showed in today's game. The potential is there and I can improve every week.