Quotes by Nina Norman

“I was really active as much as possible while I was allowing my bone to heal. I was in the Cooley weight room, and rode the bike and did the treadmill and did lower-body workouts every day. Right now, my ball-handling is back and it (the hand) feels really strong.”

“Building team chemistry was the most important thing we did this summer. We really didnt 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 Ive cooked dinner for them.”

“This summer, we really did not discuss team goal-setting officially. We havent talked about it yet as a group with the coaches, especially since two of my teammates (Erika and Daria) were not here with us.”

“I wasnt paying attention to whether they scored or not, I was just staying on my man. We knew we had to fight back and that the game wasnt over.”

“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.”

“Ive seen a lot of growing pains. They could have really contributed to the team.”

“Given the situation Tiffany was put into this year, shes done a great job handling the pressure of sharing her knowledge and experience with the freshmen. One of Tiffanys strengths is that she follows up her words with the way she plays; shes a great leader by example and we all see from Tiffany that hard work really does lead to being a great basketball player.”

“I dont think were having an off year, I think weve just had some off games. Weve had a lot of trouble with zones. Sometimes we get disconnected and go off on our own tangents and take bad shots.”

“My shot was falling so I just kept doing what was working for the team. Before the game (coach) said this is my game.”

“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.”