Quotes by Lauren Bechtold

“You cant forget it, but I wouldnt say (it was) revenge. Id say motivation. That was something that hurts really bad deep inside, and its something that weve felt from the time we lost.”

“They love to push the ball in transition, and thats one of the biggest things that were trying to stop. They dont run a lot of set offenses. They do whatever they want, so we have to be ready.”

“We have some people that are still transitioning to that talking stage. Its a game-by-game process, you know, baby steps.”

“I think that were excited. Youve got people who experienced the heartache, and a lot of people who experienced that are coming back.”

“For the three of us this is the last go-around. Were not gonna go out easy.”

“Seeing some of those things (on the poster) made us laugh, and some of them made us remember how much we hurt because of that. Weve worked hard with that in the back of our minds.”

“That was something thats exceptional to be able to hear. To finish with all of these girls, it was incredible.”

“That loss in that first game burns. It was a dagger. Throughout the postseason it motivated us.”