Yolanda Griffith
Yolanda Griffith
Yolanda Evette Griffithis an American professional basketball hall of fame player who played in both the ABL and WNBA. A former WNBA MVP, she is considered one of the greatest rebounders and defensive players in the history of Women's Basketball. She last played in the WNBA as a member of the Indiana Fever. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. She is sometimes called by her nicknames: "Yo" and...
bounce goes great keeps steps
We're a great team, not just one or two players. ... If one goes down, another steps up. We bounce right back. Nothing keeps us down.
great
We have a great inside-out game, ... We don't feel any pressure.
champions feeling feels felt great pain sacramento
It feels great to feel what all the other champions have felt, ... Feeling the pain I felt so many years in Sacramento not being able to get over the hump.
good great
We are a great team, myself on down, ... We feel good about (our chances).
break great moment win
I'm cherishing every moment of it, ... To win it -- I'll probably break down and cry, I don't know. But if it doesn't happen, I'm not disappointed. It's been a great season.
choked great halftime meant
It was great being a part of it, we were really choked up at halftime when Ruthie spoke. She's meant a lot to me, she's been a real inspiration.
against best continue four game greatest lace players possibly shoes work
We got to lace up our shoes and do the best we can possibly do against four of the greatest players to ever play. If we continue to work hard, play together, come Game 1 we're going to be OK.
against backs four great houston players though
Even though we won, our backs are still against the wall, ... Houston has four great players and we know they're not going to quit. We know that.
grab grabbed hardly until
I think didn't about it until then, but these opportunities come hardly ever. When you get one, you've got to grab it, and that's what we did. We grabbed the rings.
finished people push team
We're always a team that people push aside, but we're the team that finished No. 1 in the West.
coach confidence deserves fit knew
Whiz deserves Coach of the Year. He's accomplished a lot with this team. No one knew how we were going to fit together. But he had confidence it would work.
happy lead lesson locker
We were happy in the locker room, but I was disappointed that we let our lead go away so easy. This has got to be a lesson for us.
coming defense jump lead playing points tough
We have to jump out on them early. Not let them get a big lead on us, because it's tough playing our defense coming from 14, 16 points down. It's tiring.
beginning heads hungry
From beginning to end, they had a lot of energy. They were more hungry than we were. I think we kind of put it in the back of our heads that we were going back home.