Quotes by Alison Bales

“For me, its always defense. I get so excited when I block shots, and I think the team does a great job of encouraging that. If I block a shot, I know Ive got a chest bump coming.”

“I would love to come back to Boston.”

“We got by all right. It wasnt a big deal.”

“When you can do that, you know youve done your job.”

“Im really glad to see shes recovering from her knee surgery and hopefully shell continue to do better with it.”

“It feels amazing to win in the regional final, and with the teammates I have. And Connecticuts such a great team. They gave us a game.”

“Its always about defense. My teammates are thankful, because a lot of times they can pressure more because they know Ill be on their help side. Its a momentum stopper for the other team.”

“I got frustrated, because usually my defense is key for me and that hurt. I didnt want to get scored on. After that Coach G did a really good job of pulling me aside and telling me dont even worry about it, and I didnt for the rest of the game.”

“I was a little frustrated. But Coach did a good job telling me not to worry about it. She told me just to focus and Id have a good game. That really helped. The rest of the game I did exactly what she told me and it worked.”

“It means everything now. Our ultimate goal is to win a national championship. We took a big step making it to Boston.”