62 Quotes by Tara VanDerveer

We need her to keep playing like that if we are going to go far in this tournament.

We have a very different team; it's a whole new show. We have one of our most athletic teams, and that's not necessarily been a trademark of Stanford basketball.

UCLA is a dangerous team and I think the best thing we did is we stayed on top and kept pushing.

We have shot the ball very well, and I think we have (center) Brooke Smith to thank for that because she passes the ball so well. But, obviously, you have to be able to knock the shots down.

This was a huge win for us. I?m really proud of our team.

When you have a big-time player like Candice Wiggins, you just can roll the ball out there and something good will happen. I love coaching Candice. There's not another player in the country I want on this team ahead of her.

With the change in the second half, I really felt like we went with people who give us great energy. I'm just glad we have that kind of people coming off the bench.

We were exposed as not a very gritty team. We didn't go the defensive work we needed to do and that fueled their offense. This is going to be a challenge for our team and I hope it's a valuable lesson because we are going to see more of this.

We weren't sloppy. We played well down the stretch. We needed a stop or two that we didn't get. I thought we gave a good effort. Basically, the statistics were the same except for one.