John Whisenant Quotes

"The goal tonight was to keep our rhythm, keep going and keep fighting. But we definitely wanted some of our key starters to play less minutes."

"Coach T. drives me somewhere between half to three-quarters nuts, ... I'll be (on the sidelines) telling him, 'No, no, no,' and he just says the same thing a different way until I yell at him to stop."

"I've always liked her. She's got her head in the game, plays hard and plays for a good coach. She knows how to compete at the championship level. My only question is why she didn't play outside at that size. But the way she rebounds, who cares what size she is. She gets rebounds, loose balls and she's shown that she can pass and shoot from out there, better than some of us thought."

"Gutsy, very gutsy. She played hard and determined. We intended to give Lindsay fits, whether she had a knee [injury] or not."

"[Sacramento coach John Whisenant said he could tell Whalen was not 100 percent.] Lindsay was obviously in pain, ... I was really concerned the one time under the basket in front of our bench. I thought she had reinjured it. She's a determined young lady. Got to give it to her. Got a lot of courage."

"[Getting his players to share his confidence wasn't easy.] They bought into what I was selling, ... They analyzed it, studied it and ultimately accepted my concept."

"I wish we already had it wrapped up, ... and I would be on the golf course tomorrow. But we don't."

"Gutsy, very gutsy. She played hard and determined. We intended to give Lindsay fits, whether she had a knee (injury) not."