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" A lot of players were going to Europe, but there were always stories of teams not being able to pay, and the players and girls were stuck with no money for airfare to come home. So I got a nice contract from Japan and decided to play there. "
Money
Play
Always
" I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play for and work under the best, Pat Summitt. "
Work
Best
Grateful
" I am really excited to join the Connecticut Sun. "
Excited
I Am
Join
" I don't know that I ever could've imagined just how blessed my life would be. "
My Life
Blessed
Know
" I don't think a lot of the younger players know the extent of my background. "
Lot
Know
Think
" If you play in this country, live in this country, and you grow up in the heartland - and you put on a Russian uniform - you are not a patriotic person. "
You
Country
Grow
" I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play. "
Play
Basketball
Think
" I'm not used to being on the bench. "
Being
Used
Bench
" I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard. "
Family
Memory
Tall
" I thank God every night for David Stern. "
Night
Stern
Every
" I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education. "
Think
Education
Focus
" I think that the significance of the WNBA is that it has given women a different platform and a different level of respect as professionals, both as players and also in our coaching. "
Coaching
Think
Respect
" It is very exciting to have the opportunity to return to the East Coast and join the Liberty family. "
Return
Liberty
Family
" It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult. "
Big Picture
Picture
See
" I've been around the coaching circuit far too much. "
Too Much
Much
Far
" I've been playing as early as I can recall. I don't even remember the first time I picked up a basketball. "
Time
Early
I Can
" No coach wants to sit back and not have control of the team. "
Control
Sit
Team
" Players need to come in and not take the opportunity for granted and really work hard at the game and make sure it's a team game, it's not a selfish thing. If players have those qualities - they work hard, they're selfless, they put the team before them - I have no issues with them. "
Work Hard
Game
Opportunity
" The draft not being exceptionally deep, you basically take the best player available. "
Deep
Best
Being
" There are some real memorable highlights in my history that, in my mind, are such milestones. Winning a national championship in college and being on the Olympic platform getting a gold medal. Visiting the Hall of Fame and going into the Hall of Fame. "
Winning
College
Gold
" There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out. "
Times
Might
Out
" There's a beautiful thing about experience. There's a beautiful thing about veteran smarts, but there's also a beautiful thing about youth and the potential that creates down the road. "
Beautiful
Down
Road
" Usually, when you're taking over a team, you're restructuring, you're tearing it down, you're building it up again. "
You
Down
Over
" When my playing career stopped and Old Dominion asked me to be an assistant, I was reluctant about it because I didn't aspire to be a coach, and I didn't know if I had the qualities to be a coach. "
Playing
Me
Know
" Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength. "
Women
Strength
Real
" You don't just go and pick up a gold medal anymore. "
Up
Just
Gold Medal
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