Yolanda Griffith Quotes (21 Quotes)

It just makes everybody focus more and work a little harder. We're not even thinking about whether she is going to play or not. We only worry about the Monarchs. We can't worry about who Connecticut has, who they're going to start.

I knew in the first half we were not playing Sacramento basketball, ... I knew I was struggling, I was forcing too many things. I just kept my composure and like I said, my teammates are always going to have my back.

Whiz deserves Coach of the Year. He's accomplished a lot with this team. No one knew how we were going to fit together. But he had confidence it would work.

I've been here seven years and Ticha (Penicheiro) has been here eight, it's somewhere we've wanted to be for a long time, in the finals, ... It feels great. We're excited. But there is something bigger we want a title.

I wanted this so bad, ... This is the reason I came back. I was going to do whatever I had to do to help this team win. I was a coach for this team, on and off the court. I'm so proud, because I was the captain, and we all did something special.

I'm the leader of this team, but there's nobody above anybody else on this team. I'm proud, because they knew who their captain was. I was injured for half of this season, but I tied my shoes and stepped on that court to win every game. I wanted this so bad.

We're always a team that people push aside, but we're the team that finished No. 1 in the West.

She's like a wall. She sits right there in the paint, so when you get a jump shot, you've got to have confidence and knock the shot down.

This is my first time in the finals and it might not happen next year so I've got to give it all I got.

I laugh every day, ... Him having a daughter Three daughters Him actually being (formerly) married He cracks me up. He always has something to say. He has that attitude where he feels that even though he's a short person, he has a big ego. And he's always doing stuff, getting people fined, eating other people's food ...

I'm telling my teammates day in and day out nothing is guaranteed, ... We got here this time, it might not happen next year so we have to leave it on the court.

It was a dogfight from beginning to end, ... We knew L.A. wasn't going to give up. We kept our composure, but we can't turn the ball over like that. I hope we learn from this.

It was certainly an adjustment I had to make coming in as a young player all those years ago, ... I needed to develop discipline to stay focused because as a rookie, you just want to play. But training is so important.

Even though we're home, (and) I know their backs are against the wall right now, even though we're up (2-1), I should be happy. Am I I don't know, ... I mean, I'm just not satisfied, because I know we can play better ball. Tuesday, I hope it's the game. We're waiting for everybody to step up and bring it.

We have to jump out on them early. Not let them get a big lead on us, because it's tough playing our defense coming from 14, 16 points down. It's tiring.

I knew this was a special team when everybody reported to training camp, ... I knew then that we had something special. This has been the best season of my career. My teammates made this special. This is just unbelievable.

It was great being a part of it, we were really choked up at halftime when Ruthie spoke. She's meant a lot to me, she's been a real inspiration.

If she plays that long, Griffith won't necessarily want the world to know it. When a reporter brought up after Game 1 that she was not playing like a 35-year-old, ... Don't tell everybody that.

She's like a wall. You have to make adjustments. I tried to pass to my teammates when it was open and attack when I had to attack.

I feel like we're walking a tightrope. I feel (tonight) it's going to be the game that we've got to play perfect basketball. It's possible. ... and I think (tonight) is going to be the game that the whole Sacramento Monarchs team shows up to play because who wants to go back to Connecticut I don't.

They have more than one player one individual is not going to stop the show,