Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
doubt dragging worked
I was dragging my feet. There was never a doubt that it wasn't going to get worked out. I'm happy. Very, very happy.
coming lose won
I said right after we won the championship that I thought we could lose at least one starter. But I had no idea they were coming after our bench.
cake defensive effort great icing matters mean played win
The only thing that matters tonight, and I mean this sincerely, is that we just played a great defensive effort for 40 minutes. It's a great win for that reason. The icing on the cake is 100.
focused game huge played team
I think it is huge that this team played that way down the stretch. At the end of the game we have to be focused and be able to execute.
experience feeling good last record says year
I think internally we're all feeling really good about it. To know that we accomplished the same record as last year with the experience we had, it says a whole lot about those 11 players.
betty everybody kept stepped sue
Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.
everybody people playing season surprised
I think everybody is disappointed how the season finished. I think many people are surprised we're not playing right now.
coming morning practice relying
We're relying on our practice guys, who have competed, to coming in morning and night.
assistant both college experience fortunate head join tremendous wnba
We are so fortunate to have Heidi join our staff. Heidi has tremendous experience in the WNBA as both an assistant and as a head coach, as well as many years in the college game.
healthy knee lauren reality
The reality now for Lauren is that she's never going to be healthy from the knee to ankle.
court difficult healthy knee lauren reality side star
The reality now for Lauren is that she's never going to be healthy from her knee to her ankle. It's very difficult when your star player's going to be on the side of the court on (an exercise) bike. But we've got to make adjustments.
benefits coached damage few four next opens tina usa value
Tina's value is huge. As long as I've coached USA Basketball, I don't think we've had a four who drills the 3 as consistently as Tina does. Because she can do damage from the outside, she opens everything up for us offensively. Lisa really benefits from that. And she'll benefit even more in the next few games.
commitment leadership trade veteran
We don't have a lot of trade value. But my commitment is still getting that veteran leadership piece.
change guarantee herself position
We were all thinking, it's her putback. (Dawn) is a winner. She's the one who made the mistake, so you can guarantee she's going to get herself back in position to change the game.