This is what helped me every day and allowed me to go out and practice and try not to let things bother me: People still haven't seen, I believe, what I have to offer,

We've had scouts virtually every single day who show up and watch practice. You sneeze wrong, and they're watching. Every move he makes, people are watching. But the second he gets on the field and starts playing, he's just locked in. He has that maturity level.

A lot of these guys are seniors out here and they're at practice running the scout team every day. They don't get any glory for it. It just shows how good these guys are we have out here.

I really had to know my stuff to get in there. Coach saw something in me in practice one day, and I knew what I had to know and I got the job done.

I've been landing at least one quad every day in practice. I want to do it, for me more than for anything else. It's an element I've been missing and chasing for a long time.

What makes it frustrating is that, we're the type of program that practices every day and we practice situations every day. Mentally, a couple kids did not execute properly, home plate was left uncovered and, hey, give their runner credit, she never stopped.