Nykesha Sales Quotations

What he has in Connecticut is too much to give up,

Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.

We are a lot more confident. Last year, we always had to prove ourselves. This year, we know what we need to get to the championship.

We are all frustrated. Mike is frustrated and I don't blame him. We are not playing the type of basketball to win a championship.

We are the best team in the league. When we play like that, we can't be beat.

This win helps lot. It gives us the momentum now. They had the momentum going in, and now we have it. But they're going to be tough playing in their building. The fans can do a lot to help a team, and their arena is just as full as ours, and it's actually a little bigger.

No one ever picks us first for anything, we are used to it by now. We are the best team in the league. When we play like that, we can't be beat.

Hopefully we can bounce back and bring it back home, but we definitely have a lot of work to do.

He comes in yelling and you listen and don't take it personally because you understand him. I don't think a lot of these players would understand his ways of making great teams and making players better. He is a lot different than most coaches.

I was in the corner and got a great pick. I saw the time running down and I just released the ball. I guess I was lucky enough that it went in.

I think we were a lot more excited last year. This year we are excited but we realize that it defeats the purpose to go the championship and lose. We've been here before and after what happened last year, it's more humbling because we know the job is not done yet.

I think Asjha was the X-factor in getting us over the hurdle tonight.

I think it was great that it went to overtime, it sort of refreshed us. All of us felt like we got the ugly things out of the way. But now we have a chance to finish things out and make sure they don't happen again.

I think it was great that it went to overtime it sort of refreshed us.

I think usually when we are against the wall we probably dig a little deeper,

Playing with her in practice, you know what she can do. You know she can rebound. You know she can guard some of those smaller post players, and obviously, she can knock down that three.

Playing at home gives most teams an extra push to play well, so hopefully we?ll be all right. But we realize they have beaten us and we need to play a certain way to beat them.

Playing 40 minutes is a priority. We have to try and play like that to prepare for the playoffs because they're right around the corner.

We had nine seconds left, ... We were trying to run a play. It was going a little slower than we wanted it to. I had the ball. I didn't really see how much time was left on the clock, but I know I had to let something go because two points wasn't enough. With like two seconds left I had to heave it. ... There were people coming at me, so I had to chuck it up. I don't think it was what we wanted, but that's what we ended up with.

We kind of ran out of juice. With all that fighting that you have to do, you might not get the best of shots or you might miss a few shots. Being down that many, you can't do that, and we did.

We just stepped back and let her go. You've got to be athletic to keep up with her.

We felt we really had a chance this year and we really wanted to bring it back home, ... But you just remember this feeling and move on. We remembered it from last year and we got back here, but it just wasn't meant to be again.

We didn't panic. There have been times in the past where we've panicked, and those are the games we don't want to revisit.

Sometimes in this league you have some weird personalities, and he is the type who doesn't hold his tongue. It could get pretty ugly with players not liking him for the wrong reason.

Sometimes they fall, sometimes they don't. We've had days were none of them fall. Tonight, everything was falling.

Any win on the road, when it's a three game series, is important,

This is an opportunity for everybody to step up. Lindsay's a big part of our team, but we have some other players who are going to have to come in and fill some pretty big shoes.

This is an opportunity for everybody to step up, ... Lindsay's a big part of our team, but we have some other players who are going to have to come in and fill some pretty big shoes.

This is not a matter of celebration because it's not over. We have to play like we're down. We need to push now, not celebrate.

They're definitely a team that has beaten us in the past and we're not taking that for granted at all. We realize they have beaten us and we need to play a certain way to beat them.

They have made some changes and have new looks. We may have swept them during the season, but they are hungry.

It's hard to guard us because we have so many threats. You shut down one player and you have three more to worry about. Most teams can't say that.

It was one of those days. New York is a very hungry team and they were hitting their shots.

It was great momentum. After that happened, everyone had this extra boost of energy and sometimes that's all you need.

I'm really happy about continuing my career with the Connecticut Sun. We have done some great things in the last three years.

Instead of coming out and building on the lead we had, we had to come out and start fighting back again, like we had been doing in most of this series, ... We're not used to doing that and it takes a lot to do that, especially when they're still trying to force it down your throat. It was a bit of a surprise, but we handled it well and we were still in it. We got within one (57-56 with 2:57 left), but it was a game right until the end.

I decided to just cover it because she was still right there; she didn't go away and I know how her hands are. I didn't think it was a good idea to chunk it because she's got bionic wrists. I just held on to it and hoped to finish out the game.

All that matters is who wins at the end of the year.

The major thing was the turnovers, they were huge, ... Most of them were our mistakes. We were trying to get the ball to people who weren't open.