19 Quotes by Kara Lawson

We're looking at this as a must-win. We're looking at this as the only game left and we certainly hope it's the only game left. We don't want to fall into the trap of saying you've got two to win one. ... We know they didn't win 26 games because they laid down and quit, or because they laid down and died. So I expect it to be, if we are to win, our toughest win of the season.

Me and Nicole were real nervous before the game.

One player is not bigger than the team. A some point during the season, we've pretty much had every one of our starters miss time or miss games and we've been fine. It's unfortunate, the timing of some of our injuries but that's the way basketball goes. We have confidence in each other.

I would pray. You talk to any Big 12 coach and they're baffled how to defend her, and they've been facing her all season. . . . She has the ability and mentality to do whatever she wants and will her team to win.

I threw the ball away in the last two minutes, so it was nice to have it in my hands afterward. I've always dreamed of winning a title, and I have the ball in my hands when the game ends.

I think you have to credit their defense in the first half. They really pressured Nicole (Powell) and I and didn't want to let us even catch the ball. And when we came off screens, they were right there.

It gave me a huge comfort level with cameras and speaking in public and knowing what to say and not what to say.

We came out nervous in the first half, we were hesitant, we weren't aggressive. We felt like we had a good run in us for the second half.

We hadn't seen Seattle in a long time and they are the defending champs, the team with the title. We were excited about matching up with them to see what we could do.