Marsha Sharp Quotations

We did get back on our heels a little bit. That's the worst thing you can do against pressure. You have to continue to attack it. I think we really let it bother us. They blocked a couple shots, and we got hesitant.

She does things in a different way than your traditional post players. It always feels great when we can get the ball in her hands. She's a playmaker.

If they get open and they just throw up a hand, she can stick it to them.

I have a lot of strong belief in those guys in that locker room. They've handled a lot of adversity this year, from a lot of different angles. I have all the faith in the world that they'll be ready to play Sunday afternoon in Austin.

I can't fault anything that happened with our kids. They have been warriors and have tried to fight through some things and keep themselves alive for a while. Hopefully, the committee will reward that, and they will get to play another day.

We took our best shot. Baylor made the plays when they had to, and we just didn't have the legs to keep up.

We've gone through some things that haven't been a lot of fun. They deserve to win one at the buzzer instead of having it go the other way.

To get a kid that's able to come back and do something like she did today, that's pretty special.

I think, as you would expect, they're struggling just a little bit. There was some emotion from my side too.

I think it's the best we played on the road in a while and I think we took our best shot. We probably didn't have enough left.

I was just heartbroken for our kids. Obviously, there has been a lot of things on the line for this team all year and a lot of disappointments and a lot of things they had to deal with.

It didn't feel like there'd been that much luster gone tonight. Just throw those records out and everybody goes and plays as hard as they can.

We obviously need her to make points for us. She delivered. The things that she does for us are a lot bigger than knocking shots down.

We got a little fatigued on the boards, and they started hurting us right there.

We knew it was a must-win for us to extend our season and have a chance to play a couple more weeks.

We sold out. We were gonna go double her. We were gonna try to make somebody else make a shot against us.

You felt like at that moment you'd climbed a mountain.

Every single trip down the floor, we're going to take a look at LaToya first and see if we can find her.

The thing you know about Iowa State is their crowd gains energy with the 3-point shot, so we really want to take that away.

The more balance you can have in the Big 12 and the less they can pick on people, the better off you are.

The bottom line is that we didn't win enough games. ... We won 15, and I think if we had won 16 or 17, there is no question we would have been in. It is our fault.

You would think to have a winning record against the third-best conference in the nation, you should have an opportunity.

There will be a lot of people that will spend an entire summer watching films of Courtney Paris.

They really overpowered us at every position. We couldn't get enough offense to really do anything about it. We got back on our heels a little bit, and you can't do that against pressure.

It is remarkable how things have worked out for me. I am very grateful to everyone for their prayers and support.

I told them during the timeout if we could take the lead, we could probably blow the roof off of this place.

It's not something that you do very easily, obviously. When you do something for 24 years, you have to be sure that it's time to take the next step.

It's still just incredible to me that God gave me the opportunity for 24 years to be the caretaker of this program. It has been the most incredible ride you could ever imagine.

The Big 12 is a good conference, and that in itself should help us.

I knew the time was right for me.

It has been the most incredible ride you can imagine.

I didn't think we were tough enough in any spot. We weren't physical enough to get it to the rim and draw fouls. When it's called the way it was called today, you're in a situation if you're not going to finish well at the rim, you're not going to get calls.

I didn't expect to be thinking it's done tonight, honestly. I thought we would get in.

I can't tell you how much respect I have for what Gary has done. He's done a great job of rebuilding and putting a lot of players in the program who fit his mold.

I can't tell you how much I appreciated their fans' response today. We've had a lot of battles. It was a great day for me and one I'll never forget.

I couldn't be prouder of them if they had won. It kind of epitomizes what they're about and, I hope, what this program is about.

The emotion we've gone through in the last several weeks and all the things we've dealt with already ... I think it's the best move for the program right now. There's a process you have to go through to get a coach in place. To delay that any more didn't seem like the right thing to do right now.