24 Quotes by Nina Norman

We've started to play hard now. But we should have been doing that all year. We waited too long.

The crazy thing is, as bad of a year as we've had, we still have a chance to make the NCAA tournament. People don't understand that if we don't start playing better quick, our season is over in two weeks.

She took care of me for 18 years. It's time for me to take care of her.

She knows the game so well and studies it all the time, and we learn a lot from that. She was a great offensive player, and she really gave me a lot of confidence in myself.

Nobody wants to finish the season this way.

Building team chemistry was the most important thing we did this summer. We really didn't do too much socializing off-campus, because after we finished playing each night, we would get home around 8:30 or so and everyone was really tired. But, some of the freshmen have come over to my house and I've cooked dinner for them.

I fell asleep a couple times (in the film room). I just looked at the screen because the coaches said to. But by midseason, (guard Jamie Carey) talked to me, and I took interest.

I don't think we're having an off year, I think we've just had some off games. We've had a lot of trouble with zones. Sometimes we get disconnected and go off on our own tangents and take bad shots.

Given the situation Tiffany was put into this year, she's done a great job handling the pressure of sharing her knowledge and experience with the freshmen. One of Tiffany's strengths is that she follows up her words with the way she plays; she's a great leader by example and we all see from Tiffany that hard work really does lead to being a great basketball player.