The key to tomorrow will be serving and passing, as basic and as uninteresting as it sounds. I want us to play consistently well, something we didn't do tonight.

He really landed hard. He's smiling now, but he's going to be hurting later.

He's in there for his serving. Any time you substitute somebody for a serve, he's being brought in because of his serve.

I guess somebody thinks we're doing OK. It's one day at a time. We're trying to get a little better each day.

I'm feeling very lucky to get out of Lyon with a win.

Serve and pass. You take care of the basics and go from there.

They were the way we thought they would be. They had us on our heels all night.

It seemed like whoever ascended to the top of the heap would quickly give it away. Nobody could settle into that position last year.

Take your body weight, put it on a rack and power clean it 74 consecutive times, and that's a good argument for moving to the outside (hitter position). He did that. That's an endurance feat, of course, but it also takes a little strength, too.

Take a look at the standings. That's how I voted (numbers) 1 through 8. What other factors could there be?