Mo'Nique
Mo'Nique
Monique Angela Hicks, known professionally as Mo'Nique, is an American comedian and actress. She first gained fame for her role as Nicole "Nikki" Parker in the UPN series The Parkers while making a name as a stand-up comedian hosting a variety of venues, including Showtime at the Apollo. Mo'Nique transitioned to film with roles in such films as Phat Girlz, and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. In 2002, she with other female comedians earned a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 December 1967
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
We took a huge step making it to Boston. We've tried to keep that in the back our minds all season. It's finally here. We can get closer to what we want to do.
My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.
Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.
I think since I've been here, our fan base has gotten larger and larger. I think we're used to playing in front of pretty big crowds. It's not like the men's crowds. I think we have a good amount of fans, and I think we're comfortable playing in those situations, those environments.
I think I was frustrated early on because we weren't playing very well. I guess we woke up. We got things together, got things rolling.
We've lost the last two years in that game to get to the Final Four. To finally get over that, I think we'll be more relaxed once we start playing again.
Usually (these showdowns) are pretty close. We were able to keep running and running.
I was over it when the game ended. I try not to dwell on things that happen. It was a bad game. It was unacceptable to me, but I just have to keep moving.
You have to dig down sometimes. I'm just glad we won. Against a better team, the result probably would have been different.
Trinidad's language is a fusion of English, African, and French, and so we have our own words and even our own dictionary. Steupse is a common local word, and it's the onomatopoeic word for the sound people make to show disapproval, or to show they are vexed, when they suck their teeth together.
Trinidadians love speaking their own English; it's full of poetic forms and can be playful and lyrical and comical. Trinidadians are verbal acrobats, and I love being on the island just to hear the people speak.
We fought and took their best shot. We weren't really able to get ours, so we're just happy to get this win. We really fought hard for it.
We fought and fought and fought. I think we took their best shot without ever being able to deliver ours.
We haven't beaten a team that was ranked so high by as many points. Usually, they're pretty close games. I think we just played an excellent all-around game. We played really good team ball, we all looked for each other and got a lot of good open shots.