30 Quotes by Amy Stephens

I think fans will see a little different style of play, because we'll be deeper. We'll be able to pick up people a little more in the full-court. Last year, we had a lot of games where we played very well the first half, and the second half we just ran out of gas.

You have to defend everyone like they're a starter.

You can call me a disciplinarian, but I like to think we brought high expectations to the basketball program in terms of the work ethic, in terms of our vision for the program.

We didn't buckle down when we needed to get over the hump late in the game.

We're a team that's not afraid to make mistakes down the stretch because of our defense.

We challenge our kids to be close around the 2:00 mark. If we can do that we can win games.

This was a big win for us. We were down nine (44-35) and they (Illinois State) had the ball. We showed a lot of courage coming back in the second half.

We talk all the time to our kids that it shouldn't matter where you play. But it does.

We didn't jell right away, and in a lot of ways I was tougher on her than some of the kids that did leave the program. She was called on the carpet in a lot of areas, but she met those challenges head-on.