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...
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.
composure forcing half kept knew playing sacramento teammates
I knew in the first half we were not playing Sacramento basketball, ... I knew I was struggling, I was forcing too many things. I just kept my composure and like I said, my teammates are always going to have my back.
best everybody knew reported season special team teammates training
I knew this was a special team when everybody reported to training camp, ... I knew then that we had something special. This has been the best season of my career. My teammates made this special. This is just unbelievable.
above anybody captain court half injured knew leader nobody shoes stepped tied win
I'm the leader of this team, but there's nobody above anybody else on this team. I'm proud, because they knew who their captain was. I was injured for half of this season, but I tied my shoes and stepped on that court to win every game. I wanted this so bad.
ball beginning hope kept knew learn turn
It was a dogfight from beginning to end, ... We knew L.A. wasn't going to give up. We kept our composure, but we can't turn the ball over like that. I hope we learn from this.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
good great
We are a great team, myself on down, ... We feel good about (our chances).
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.