Donna Orender Quotations

We strive to do all that we can to help emphasize the importance of sports and athletics for women and young people. National Girls and Women in Sports Day recognizes female athletes that came before us, and encourages future generations of girls to make physical fitness a regular part of their lives.

I think we had 22 credentials for press last year and we had 78 today.

We're all about getting the fans involved. A lot of what we do is about getting people to sample our product, and people wanting to come back for more when they see how far the league and the game has come since we first started. We want to continue expanding in the future, and we want to continue attracting better talent.

We thought that would just add to their celebration and enjoyment.

With our pre-draft camp in town and with our draft taking place less than 24 hours after an NCAA national champion is crowned, Boston will be the Mecca of women's basketball during the first week of April.

Detroit certainly has a lot of talent and marquee players. It's a question of uniting the fan base to where it was when Detroit won the title.

The league is right where we want it to be in terms of expectations of where we want to go.