Quotes by Connie Allen

“I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done.”

“If someone mentions suicide, you need to take it seriously.”

“[The zoo offers the tactile experience of sliding a bow across the strings of a fiddle, plucking a stand-up bass, pounding a drum, strumming a guitar or blowing into a trumpet.] I think of it as a mini museum, ... We have some basic knowledge of all the instruments. My main instrument is the mountain dulcimer, but well have a banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitars, dulcimers and a washtub and stand-up bass. There will be a wind instrument area and lots of percussion instruments, including a limberjack. Thats a board with a dancing man you bounce in time to the music.”

“Christmas on a Train.”

“Its a good place to experience music and see how sound works in the world.”

“I was very impressed with our defense the first half. We didnt take care of the ball as much as I would like us to. We had eight turnovers in the first quarter, but we limited it to 11 in the first half. When you have possession of the ball it makes it a lot easier to score.”

“I was happy the first half. The second half was a letdown that I usually dont see with this team, so that has me concerned.”

“We usually start off slowly. We usually play better in the second half, but we just played well in the second quarter and they really struggled shooting the ball. Obviously, that made things easier for us. We didnt change anything. We went with our game plan. We just did a better job executing.”

“This is by far the best team weve seen. Their posts are quick so its hard for posts to match up with them when you try to jump up into a zone. When you try to match up man-to-man, you have those back-door cuts.”

“(Cannon) had 15 rebounds. Twelve of those were offensive. I feel she was getting beat up in there and not getting the calls. She didnt give up. There are going to be games where they dont call those fouls inside and that was one of them. She kept going after it. She didnt get discouraged and that says a lot for a freshman.”