Lauren Jackson Quotes (16 Quotes)

Helping the Opals win the gold medal is a goal of mine. That will be great for women's basketball in this country.

She uses her iPod all the time before games, on the bus, in airplanes, ... I just love music. I love all music.

There's some great talent in that team. They stuck it out. They were pretty good, but I never show any pity.

I'm skinny now it's like I'm wearing a girdle, ... In the end it was my decision, but this could be it. It could be one of those things where if I wait a day and I don't give everything I've got the next couple of games, we may not have another chance. I'm not going to risk that. If it the back gets bad, that's cool, I've got some time off at the end of the season.

I made the decision that I was going to play tonight. This was huge for us. Going on the road and winning is big, and we definitely want to win the series in two games so we can relax and prepare for the next round.

Once I made the decision to play, and it was my decision, I was going to do it. You go out there and give it your best shot. I've had better days (physically), but I'm OK.

I can see Sue and I leading this team to many more championships, ... We're going to take this and learn from it. We worked too hard for this.

Our long-term focus is Beijing. For us to now know what it feels like to win gold is huge. We can only get better from here.

For me, I was a bit unsure how things would go this year, ... So regular season-wise, we did a hell of a job. Maybe the playoffs were a little bit too much with a lot of new players. I don't know. It's pretty upsetting. I'm a bit shocked. We thought we could do better.

To play in front of this crowd is something I will never forget. I never thought I would get the chance to play for my country again in Australia.

I won't miss any games. I could feel it, but it's just one of those things where you can't really think about it, you've just got to keep going. I was fine. I just focused on the game.

As a team, we want to win just for her. For someone to make a team want to win for their coach is a pretty powerful thing.

It's all up in the air at the moment, even the WNBA. There's a lot going on at the moment. Next year is a really tough year for us Australia. We've got to win the gold medal. I love the WNBA. It just depends on what Basketball Australia's restrictions are.

Coming into Christmas I didn't even know if I was playing again. I know the girls had a lot of desire to win. I think people lost a bit of faith in us when we lost a few games, but we just knew we could win it.

It's a very good deal so I'm excited. I've had a great run in Canberra but it's time to move on. Obviously I've had a lot of injuries and issues with my legs and, for me, I felt it was best to go to a shorter season where I can have time after the WNBA in Australia to undergo rehabilitation.

I feel light as a feather, ... I'm really happy that we won. I feel like everyone has written us off all year, and I just knew we could make the playoffs. God, it just feels so good. It feels like a huge burden off our shoulders.