Terri Mitchell Quotes (30 Quotes)

I just reminded them that we're a much better team with energy. We had been too busy analyzing (the game), and there had not been enough reacting.

We are disappointed we didn't represent ourselves better in our first Big East tournament. We give all the credit to Villanova and the way they knocked down shots.

We knew without Carolyn on the court, everyone had to do something extra. There are a lot of things Carolyn gives us that we needed to make up for, and we did a lot of great things tonight.

Obviously, we never step on the court thinking we're going to lose. But if the game is going the other way we need to find ways to get better.

The overall plan was to play our zone because we have so much respect for the athleticism of St. John's that we really needed a containment mentality.

Our desire overcame whatever adversity we faced playing on the road. Ultimately, we wore them down.

Down the stretch you've got to play your best basketball. We can do it in practice, but we haven't been able to translate it on a consistent basis in the games.

We are never going to give up and we're never going t look at the score and give ourselves a reason for not playing hard. We're playing to get into the NCAA tournament.

She was tenacious. She stepped on the court expecting to win every time.

We're honored to host the opening game of the new BIG EAST Conference. I know the Marquette community will come out and support us and get a taste of seeing what one of the best women's basketball conferences in the country is like.

Erin has been capable of that all year. And it hadn't happened, and it's a tough thing for such an incredible shooter like she is. She's a pure shooter, one of the purest. And I give the team credit because once she hit the first one, the team found her for the next three.

We talked in pre-game about the need for aggressiveness from the entire team. We can't wait for one person to be the scorer.

She was so physical. She's doing great. She brought so much passion to the floor tonight.

We are going to have to figure out a way in our future in the Big East to play with a team like Villanova.

After we lost to Louisville, we were in a must-win situation against St. John's. The loss made everyone hone in with a sense of urgency. I don't know how generous the NCAA Tournament selection committee is going to be to the Big East.

We were wide open and we didn't need to rush. I don't know why we were rushing except that we were thinking, with their athleticism, they were going to be in our face any second. And that's a testament to how they play. Their defense is incredible.

We play everyone, and sometimes that throws the team's rhythm off. A lot of the time, it's the same mistake being made by different people.

We just had to regroup and get back to the game plan of defending.

After the break, it doesn't get any easier for us. We're excited to play Rice, who is coming off a great season, and Virginia, one of the best teams in the ACC, at home. We know we have an awesome challenge after that in DePaul, continuing what has been a great series over the years.

It's a focus for us. You want to be the queen. It's whatever we can do to get our players' attention.

The wonderful thing about the Big East is that you have to be prepared to play against great players and great coaches every game. We were not fooled by Georgetown's record.

We will never give up hope that one day we will be able to compete on a consistent basis with the best teams in the nation.

The crowd was amazing. This is the place where we want to be.

I don't think any of them understood (college basketball) until they got used to the incredible focus it take, the scouting reports, all the film. It was a challenge, and now it's become routine for them.

If I had to say why we started the way we did it was because we wanted it so bad. We knew what to do but we were a step slow on everything. And I just like how we grew in our confidence, we never lost focus on the game plan, and after the game got going, emotions were put aside and we just played basketball.

Playing on the road at Wisconsin and Penn State early will test us and give us an idea of what life on the road will be like in the BIG EAST. Playing those games in that short period of time will make us stronger and help us achieve our goals of being in the post season.

We're happy about the win. But nobody is walking out of here thinking that's what Marquette basketball is all about.

IBM Tucson is exceptionally interested in participating in many, many parts of the community, especially where we can focus on K-12 and higher education.

I thought we played much better in the second half, but we missed bunnies, shots our players would normally make, late in the game. These things happen. It's not the end of the world. You just change your focus and get ready for the next game. Like with a win, you have to forget about it and move on to the next game. You have to do the same with a loss like this.

When you are playing the seventh-ranked team in the nation, you are going to have to do something special to win. At the end of the day, we didn't knock our shots down, and they did. And a 10-point game turns into a 20-point game, and you are fighting for your lives.