Candice Wiggins Quotations

There is no other post player in the country I would want on my team. Now the whole nation will get to see what we see in practice and that's how great she is.

There is no other post player in the country I'd rather have on my team than Brooke. Now the whole nation can see what we see in practice every day.

We're doing all the hard things but we're not doing all the easy things. We need to rebound, play with heart and intensity. We can't just be a 20-minute team.

Losing is painful. But when we lose, the next game we come out tougher.

She quickly got over that. I respect her game, too. She plays really hard.

I couldn't move (Wednesday). I just lay there trying to get hydrated and stuff. I was kind of worried. I took a lot of medication and slept all day.

I feel like I can't be a one-trick pony. If my shot is not falling, I'm going to try to get to the rim, or get to the line, or do something to make a play on defense. That balance is what I'm always searching for. I don't see my game as perfect.

Getting jumped on, it hits you pretty hard. We wanted to come out strong and get into their heads.

I got a little dizzy before the game but by then it was too late. I think the competitive nature and the adrenaline outweighed any sickness or fatigue.

We make that same play all the time. I was just a second too late and the pass was there. People have been doubling on that all season. It is what it is. I feel like I let the team down, but you're going to get bad calls.

I think it?s really natural to have nerves, and it took us awhile to shake them off. But we were fine once we did.

I think it's really important that we move on from (Saturday). We are even more excited about (tonight) and I think if we do what we are capable of doing, we'll be fine.

I think my first realization of that was at Texas Tech.

We couldn't get more open shots, we were just missing them. I knew once we got rolling, it would be all right.

We are a young team. We start two freshmen and Brooke (Smith) and I are only in our second year of playing really. We're used to playing behind seniors. We do over think things at time and make mistakes that people with more experience wouldn't make.

We played hard, but we didn't do the little things. I think we all know we can do better, and bring more and we need to work on that. The Pac-10 is important, but the NCAA tournament is our goal, our future and we are working toward that.

We are making improvements every day, every practice. I think we've all found a rhythm. Our roles are secure now.

We knew that we could score. It was really about getting the stops that we needed.

There are always runs and spurts, and once we got it going we got a lot of confidence. I like it when a team plays tight because it gives me an opportunity to get by quicker. You have to take advantage of a team that climbs all over you.

We had the game and we felt we had control. I guess with every loss some good comes out of it but we can't walk away feeling good about the way we played.

We felt we were along for the ride last year. We had seniors who carried us. This year, it was us in the forefront, having to lead the team.

This one hurts a lot worse. This was right down to the wire -- one possession. As far as we've come, this is really emotional.

At the beginning of the year, having me at the '1' was better for our team, and now our team is better with me at the '2'. It takes awhile to get adjusted to college basketball and we all knew that if Ros could get secure, I wouldn't be (at point guard) all year.

Courtney was so dominant in high school and it's always hard to know how somebody is going to do at the next level, but she has really stepped it up.

The tradition with the tree ... to me, it's funny.

I've been expecting it. I knew she could do it.

It was a lot different this year not having the automatic bid. We'll bring a whole new attitude and level of energy to the tournament. This is when we should be playing our best.

I've never experienced back-to-back losses in college. It's difficult to handle a loss in general and this is harder.

A lot of players in our class can do things that others can't do.

It's a huge weekend. It's important to make a statement. We have a whole half to go, but we definitely want to make an impression.

It's all about going out and being as competitive as you can and wanting to win.

It's all about confidence. Shooting is a funny thing. It's all mental. Once I was patient and starting to play within the flow of the game, my shooting improved. Last year, with Kelley and Susan being such great shooters, whenever I shot, I felt rushed. I didn't think of myself as an option to shoot.

It's all about spacing and patience. Yesterday, we never really got into the flow. We had only seven assists and that just shows that we were focused on individual play.

It was a good reminder. I never want to feel like we did at Boston and Washington. We won't forget it.

It was her telling me to relax and just play in the flow of the game. I think that the more that you don't think about your shot, the easier it is.

In the game, you are looking for the best shot possible. If I am the best option than I'll shoot it if Brooke (Smith) is the best option. I think we are really looking to go inside during the last time, but their defense sort of made us quick and rushed so we weren't able to get inside like we wanted to.

I cannot think of one post player in the country I'd rather have on my team than Brooke. I'm just really happy that the whole nation could see what we see in practice every day and what a great player she is.