Nina Norman
Nina Norman
attention fight game knew paying staying whether
I wasn't 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 wasn't over.
coach falling game kept shot
My shot was falling so I just kept doing what was working for the team. Before the game (coach) said this is my game.
couple fall hole lose minutes next playing
Sometimes we were playing really well. Then the next couple of minutes we would fall in a hole and lose our composure.
enters team
Every team enters the Big 12 Championship with a 0-0 postseason record, and that's got to be our theme.
bit hard ourselves regain took
I think we got down on ourselves a little bit when they took the lead. It was hard for us to regain our composure.
asleep coaches couple fell jamie looked screen talked took
I fell asleep a couple times (in the film room). I just looked at the screen because the coaches said to. But by midseason, (guard Jamie Carey) talked to me, and I took interest.
confidence game gave great knows learn offensive studies
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.
growing seen
I've seen a lot of growing pains. They could have really contributed to the team.
everybody fast frustrated knew learn looks plays positive trying
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.
building chemistry cooked dinner finished freshmen home house playing team
Building team chemistry was the most important thing we did this summer. We really didn't 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 I've cooked dinner for them.
basketball example experience follows given great handling hard job knowledge leader pressure sharing situation strengths words work
Given the situation Tiffany was put into this year, she's done a great job handling the pressure of sharing her knowledge and experience with the freshmen. One of Tiffany's strengths is that she follows up her words with the way she plays; she's a great leader by example and we all see from Tiffany that hard work really does lead to being a great basketball player.
area basketball best family helping hope houston job land mean summer
Now it's about my family and helping them out the best I can. It's not going to be about basketball anymore. I hope to land a job in the Houston area this summer and help them out. They mean more to me than anything else.
bad trouble
I don't think we're having an off year, I think we've just had some off games. We've had a lot of trouble with zones. Sometimes we get disconnected and go off on our own tangents and take bad shots.
discuss group since talked team teammates
This summer, we really did not discuss team goal-setting officially. We haven't talked about it yet as a group with the coaches, especially since two of my teammates (Erika and Daria) were not here with us.