Anne Donovan

The contention is if you don't do it in the first quarter, if you don't box out and control the glass in the first quarter, you are not going to do it in the fourth quarter and overtime.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

If I had to compete against someone almost two feet taller than me, I wouldn't want to play.

The prospect of coaching two of the game's most exciting and decorated players in Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson was incredibly appealing to me, and I look forward to beginning this new chapter in my career.

I don't think I understood how deep the Big East was. That was probably something I wasn't prepared for. It's not easy to part rank and make the first step into the middle of the pack.

At the end of the game, coaches always talk about what could have been done differently with the game plan.

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 am so thrilled about the opportunity to coach the Storm for years to come.

When it does not click offensively, it is very easy to get down defensively.

I will miss the ladies and the passion of the Sun fans. I was proud to serve as their head coach.

I'd like to be a three-time Olympian.

When I was coming up through the programs with the Amateur Basketball Association, it was height: they looked for the tall players, and they looked to develop us. I was 15 when they first got me.

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.

Yep, I jumped from college to the ABL, just in time for the league to go under.

I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.

My time at Seton Hall has been extremely rewarding. I commend the staff for their tireless and successful efforts in recruiting and elevating the program.

My heart is with the WNBA. I've had success in the league, I've loved the league. I'm a true fan of the league.

I'm not used to being on the bench.

Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on.

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