I wanted this so bad, ... This is the reason I came back. I was going to do whatever I had to do to help this team win. I was a coach for this team, on and off the court. I'm so proud, because I was the captain, and we all did something special. |
I'll tell you what. This has been the best season of my career. My teammates made this year special. |
I'm cherishing every moment of it, ... To win it -- I'll probably break down and cry, I don't know. But if it doesn't happen, I'm not disappointed. It's been a great season. |
I'm excited, but everyone knows I want something more, |
I'm telling my teammates day in and day out nothing is guaranteed, ... We got here this time, it might not happen next year so we have to leave it on the court. |
I'm the leader of this team, but there's nobody above anybody else on this team. I'm proud, because they knew who their captain was. I was injured for half of this season, but I tied my shoes and stepped on that court to win every game. I wanted this so bad. |
I've been here seven years and Ticha (Penicheiro) has been here eight, it's somewhere we've wanted to be for a long time, in the finals, ... It feels great. We're excited. But there is something bigger we want — a title. |
I've been here seven years and Ticha (Penicheiro) has been here eight, it's somewhere we've wanted to be for a long time, in the Finals, ... It feels great. We're excited. But there is something bigger we want ? a title. |
I've been passing the ball, giving the ball up to my teammates be cause I get double-teamed, ... I know I can score, I've just got to be aggressive and that's what my teammates have been telling me. |
It feels great to feel what all the other champions have felt, ... Feeling the pain I felt so many years in Sacramento not being able to get over the hump. |
It just makes everybody focus more and work a little harder. We're not even thinking about whether she is going to play or not. We only worry about the Monarchs. We can't worry about who Connecticut has, who they're going to start. |
It was a dogfight from beginning to end, ... We knew L.A. wasn't going to give up. We kept our composure, but we can't turn the ball over like that. I hope we learn from this. |
It was certainly an adjustment I had to make coming in as a young player all those years ago, ... I needed to develop discipline to stay focused because as a rookie, you just want to play. But training is so important. |
It was great being a part of it, we were really choked up at halftime when Ruthie spoke. She's meant a lot to me, she's been a real inspiration. |
It's important to cherish the ball. It's the money ball. We know if we can control the tempo of the game, have less turnovers, we have a pretty good chance of winning. |