Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Birdis an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Associationand UMMC Ekaterinburg...
attempt country experience foreign grateful learn living
In general, living in a foreign country has been amazing. To experience a new culture, attempt to learn a new language, try new foods. It's something I'll always be grateful for.
hitting opportunity worked
It hurts. We had an opportunity (to repeat) and we didn't do that, ... They jumped on us early. I don't know what happened. They were hitting everything and it all worked for them.
anne carrying coaches coaching head minority women
This is a women's league. It's important to have coaches like Anne trailblazing away. ... Women are in the minority for head coaching positions. Anne is kind of the one carrying the load.
cities hire maybe scared women won
She won the first title. She got to 100 first. Maybe GMs in other cities will see what Anne's done and they won't be ? I don't want to say scared ? but they'll want to hire women coaches.
everybody fresh games people playoffs proud slate start win wiped work
It's a different group, (and) something a lot of people didn't think we could do. It's pretty amazing. We're pretty proud of it, and we also know that our work is not done. At this point, everybody is 0-0. The slate has been wiped clean. Playoffs are a fresh start and you have to win two games out of three.
champions defending last looking team thinking year
I haven't thought about last year at all. We've had to play as the defending champions all year and I don't think any team is going to be looking at us thinking that.
calling chancellor coach great hear sidelines
You could hear coach Chancellor on the sidelines calling her number, calling her play. She just did a great job.
court home hopefully momentum position win
This is huge, especially because we're in a position to get a home court in the playoffs. It was not only a win, but a win on the road. Hopefully we can take this momentum to Houston.
control nice
It's kind of nice to control our own destiny, and then did.
aside comforting injuries pain themselves win
It's comforting to know that they would put their injuries aside, put the pain aside and still want to go out and win it for themselves and for the team. For them to be able to play the way that they have, it kind of makes you proud.
defend definitely great hurt opportunity seattle surreal teams title wnba
It's definitely a surreal feeling. There are a lot of teams in the WNBA that just said, 'Whew, Seattle lost!' I can tell you that much. That's what makes this hurt we had an opportunity to do some great things and defend our title but we didn't.
games higher rather seed
Every higher seed has to do it. I'd rather play the two games at home.
bit bother care moved taken
If we could have just taken care of business, we could have moved on. I'm just going to let this one bother me a little bit more.
successful play coaching
To be successful, you have to expose yourself to different situations-different styles of play, different teammates, different coaching.