Nina Norman
Nina Norman
coach falling game kept shot
My shot was falling so I just kept doing what was working for the team. Before the game (coach) said this is my game.
good gotten knew ring time
I knew I would get a (national championship) ring by the time I graduated. I still haven't gotten it. It's been tough. But you have to take the good with the bad.
accomplish best chance experience freshmen games goal hard hope ncaa order week work
I hope we have a chance to play back-to-back-to back games. Our freshmen need to experience that and know how hard we've got to work this week in order to accomplish our goal of making it to the NCAA Tournament. The best thing is, we ARE getting better and better every day. I hope we have the chance to show that for a lot of games here.
enters team
Every team enters the Big 12 Championship with a 0-0 postseason record, and that's got to be our theme.
growing seen
I've seen a lot of growing pains. They could have really contributed to the team.
everybody fast frustrated knew learn looks plays positive trying
Sometimes I get frustrated really fast so I have to learn to be positive and not get frustrated so fast. (Against Connecticut) I was really frustrated (early) but then I knew that everybody looks up to me and looks to me to make plays and get everybody going, so I was just trying to be positive the whole game. It worked, so I just have to keep getting better at that.
area basketball best family helping hope houston job land mean summer
Now it's about my family and helping them out the best I can. It's not going to be about basketball anymore. I hope to land a job in the Houston area this summer and help them out. They mean more to me than anything else.
couple fall hole lose minutes next playing
Sometimes we were playing really well. Then the next couple of minutes we would fall in a hole and lose our composure.
building chemistry cooked dinner finished freshmen home house playing team
Building team chemistry was the most important thing we did this summer. We really didn't do too much socializing off-campus, because after we finished playing each night, we would get home around 8:30 or so and everyone was really tired. But, some of the freshmen have come over to my house and I've cooked dinner for them.
care time took
She took care of me for 18 years. It's time for me to take care of her.
confidence game gave great knows learn offensive studies
She knows the game so well and studies it all the time, and we learn a lot from that. She was a great offensive player, and she really gave me a lot of confidence in myself.
asleep coaches couple fell jamie looked screen talked took
I fell asleep a couple times (in the film room). I just looked at the screen because the coaches said to. But by midseason, (guard Jamie Carey) talked to me, and I took interest.
finish nobody season wants
Nobody wants to finish the season this way.
discuss group since talked team teammates
This summer, we really did not discuss team goal-setting officially. We haven't talked about it yet as a group with the coaches, especially since two of my teammates (Erika and Daria) were not here with us.