Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalenis an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and for AGÜ Spor of Eurobasket. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun. Whalen has won World and Olympic titles with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as three WNBA titles with the Lynx...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 May 1982
CityHutchinson, MN
individual
I've been having that my whole life, where there haven't been a lot of individual awards,
caught dad focus individual share takes taught team
Besides, it's all about the team. If you get too caught up in your own individual awards, it takes away from your focus and it takes away from being a part of the team. Always put the team first. That's what my dad always taught me. Share the credit. Take the blame. That's how you have to be.
bit fifth time tried
At the time it was the right decision. So I probably would keep it the same, but just probably tried to have done a little bit more my fifth year.
digging earn sticking victories
You earn victories like this just by sticking with it and digging down,
ready
We're disappointed right now. We'll go back, re-evaluate and be ready to come and play.
best eight good played players rehab
There's no timetable. I'm just going to try to rehab as best I can and come back in good shape. The one thing I have going for me is I've played two years with the players on this team. We have a real good rapport, so it's not like I'm getting to know eight new players.
create felt middle stay track
It felt like a track meet. I was getting a little winded out there. I just wanted to stay aggressive, stay in the middle and create things that way.
gotten hard pride run takes team three
You just run up and down the court, play really hard and be unselfish. Those are the three things that our team takes a lot of pride in. They've gotten us to the finals.
against confident win
We were 13-1 against the West, ... so I'm pretty confident that we can win on the road.
goes good hopeful kinds optimistic reacting
You know, each day goes by, and you get a little more optimistic and a little more hopeful because you just see how it's reacting to everything, ... It's just day-to-day kinds of things. So I feel good about it.
cracked days few half healed incapable next obviously played possible running second situations spot swelling wait worst
Obviously it won't be healed before the end of the finals, but it's one of those situations where the swelling, if it can go down, and it's not in the worst possible spot ... Obviously it cracked in the first half (Saturday) and I played the second half, so it wasn't like I was incapable to run, ... Obviously there's swelling and there's some stiffness in there, so right now running I wouldn't be able to do. But you never know over the next few days how things work. We'll just wait and see what happens.
expected last next playoffs year
Last year we were 18-16, and the playoffs start, and the next thing you know, we're in the finals. Pretty cool. This year, we expected to win.
doubt felt game happen knew mind second sitting sudden work
Sitting here at halftime, there was no doubt in my mind that we were going to go back (home) to a Game 5. I knew we had some work to do in the second half, but I felt really confident. All of a sudden we were down, and then it was like, 'What happened?' It just didn't happen for us.
next today wait whether
I feel good, ... We'll just wait and see what it's like (today). I can't really say today whether I'll play tomorrow, the next day or even next Sunday.