Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
focused game huge played team
I think it is huge that this team played that way down the stretch. At the end of the game we have to be focused and be able to execute.
experience feeling good last record says year
I think internally we're all feeling really good about it. To know that we accomplished the same record as last year with the experience we had, it says a whole lot about those 11 players.
add compete field good marvelous obviously parker players september team veteran younger
Parker obviously had a marvelous tournament, and we got good contributions from the other ones as well. We're in good shape; you add our veteran players with our younger players, and we'll field a good team in September that will really compete hard.
betty everybody kept stepped sue
Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.
cake defensive effort great icing matters mean played win
The only thing that matters tonight, and I mean this sincerely, is that we just played a great defensive effort for 40 minutes. It's a great win for that reason. The icing on the cake is 100.
advantage feels games good home left playoff second seed western
It feels good (clinching a playoff spot). But there are still two more home games left and we would like to have homecourt advantage with that second seed (in the Western Conference).
everybody people playing season surprised
I think everybody is disappointed how the season finished. I think many people are surprised we're not playing right now.
coming lose won
I said right after we won the championship that I thought we could lose at least one starter. But I had no idea they were coming after our bench.
envisioned finish note season
To finish the season on this note is not how any of us envisioned this.
against balance confidence game sacramento season series sheet successful wonders
Having a successful game against Sacramento and having the season series go our way against them, I think does wonders for our confidence going into the playoffs. When you see that kind of balance on the stat sheet ... that's what you have to do against Sacramento.
ability break create dribble
Her ability to create off the dribble can break down that white-line defense,
awards mean personal
I downplay (the 100th win) because for me, personal awards don't mean a whole lot. Championships are what I'm about.
adjustment alone camp huge rookie
I don't want to write Erin and Leah out of here. It's just a huge adjustment here for any rookie in camp -- let alone at that position.
hope mentally ready
The hope is when we go back to Seattle, we can use her even more. She was doing everything. If she's mentally doing those things, she's ready to play.