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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I thank God every night for David Stern. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "