If you can survive all that heat, you can exploit on the back side. Gary knows that. It's a risk he takes. |
Iowa State played fantastic. When we were up by 10 points (with 6 1/2 minutes to play), Iowa State could have said 'we're done,' but they kept fighting. |
It is a very good regional site and a lot of our fans can follow us, so it's great. |
It is perhaps a new turn for our game, but I've never been enamored with it. In terms of the game, you just get two points for it. I'm not discounting the dunk. It's just that there are so many other fantastic things that can happen on a basketball court. |
It's a called play. It makes the defenders chose between Courtney and our 3-point shooter. We know we're not just Courtney. That's why we were 16-0 in the conference. |
It's a tough field. Obviously there's a lot of tradition and a lot of prominence in women's basketball represented here. It bodes well for high-caliber games. |
It's our poise, our composure and our confidence together that allowed us to win this one. |
Laura really challenged (Anderson) down the stretch and made it hard for her to catch the ball. |
Maybe you lose a game by a bucket, a free throw, a rebound or a loose ball – there are all kinds of things working up to the loss. She just made a tough shot. |
Offensively we just sputtered. (UT's defense) forced our feeders to make bad decisions. Our timing getting the ball to (Paris) was just miserable. |
Once you go to the Final Four, you think you're going to go every year. Then you find out it's really, really hard. These kids have never been here before. We talked in the locker room about how neat it is and how with every rung of this tournament the excitement doubles and triples. |
Our guards were intimidated and Connecticut kicked us down the floor for 40 minutes. |
Our identity encompasses toughness now because she supplies it. She wants the ball, she's not afraid of any type of defense or any type of circumstance, and she guards the heck out of people. |
Our players have such tremendous respect for Marsha. I wanted them to be a part of treating her the way she has always treated us. |
Roy Williams, who's a dear friend, left me a message. He said, 'I tell you what. You better be thankful that she's a girl. If she was a guy, she'd have one year and be gone to the league.' I called him back and said I love women's basketball. I've got her for four [years]. Eat your heart out. |