Quotes from Anne Donovan

I don't know that I ever could've imagined just how blessed my life would be.

I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

I think that the significance of the WNBA is that it has given women a different platform and a different level of respect as professionals, both as players and also in our coaching.

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.

I am really excited to join the Connecticut Sun.

It is very exciting to have the opportunity to return to the East Coast and join the Liberty family.

I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard.

Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on.

There's a beautiful thing about experience. There's a beautiful thing about veteran smarts, but there's also a beautiful thing about youth and the potential that creates down the road.

I will miss the ladies and the passion of the Sun fans. I was proud to serve as their head coach.

If you play in this country, live in this country, and you grow up in the heartland - and you put on a Russian uniform - you are not a patriotic person.

The draft not being exceptionally deep, you basically take the best player available.