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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Anne Donovan

Playing

Know

" 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. "

" I don't think a lot of the younger players know the extent of my background. "

" Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength. "

" It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult. "

" There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out. "

" No coach wants to sit back and not have control of the team. "

" I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play for and work under the best, Pat Summitt. "

" Usually, when you're taking over a team, you're restructuring, you're tearing it down, you're building it up again. "

" 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. "

" I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play. "

" It is very exciting to have the opportunity to return to the East Coast and join the Liberty family. "

" You don't just go and pick up a gold medal anymore. "

Anne Donovan

Just

Gold Medal

" 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. "

" I've been playing as early as I can recall. I don't even remember the first time I picked up a basketball. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't know that I ever could've imagined just how blessed my life would be. "

" The draft not being exceptionally deep, you basically take the best player available. "

" I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education. "

" I'm not used to being on the bench. "

" I am really excited to join the Connecticut Sun. "

" I've been around the coaching circuit far too much. "