Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houstonis a professional basketball player in the WNBA, last played for the New York Liberty...
hung joke kept lasted remember saying
I think the joke lasted about an hour. I remember that I hung up and called back. I hung up and I called back and kept saying some other stuff. I was just saying a lot, the first things that popped in my head.
absolutely darn excited last played remember time
I don?t remember the last time I played in a game, so I?m excited to see what (Thursday) brings. I?m not going to say there?s absolutely no pain, but I can play. Let?s just say, I feel pretty darn good.
confused plays run wrong
I wouldn't say I don't know them. It's just that sometimes I get confused when they run things. I know the plays. I just run the wrong plays at the wrong time.
bring far few fit given good laugh lead positive
On the court, as far as the preseason workouts, they've given it everything they have. They're very positive and they all lead by example. When things get hard, they're right there with us. Off the court, they all have good personalities. They all bring something different. We have a few that we laugh at and a few that we laugh with. They fit right in with us.
advantage call hero open seeing spots taking
I wouldn't even call myself the hero the first half. It's just seeing the open spots and taking advantage of that.
bring cares case fine great ride sees stay stops trying
I think while I'm here, the day that he stops getting on my case is probably the day I have to quit. I know that every day in practice, he's going to ride me. He's going to stay on my case, but I'm fine with that because I know that he cares and he sees great things in me. He's only trying to bring it out of me.
improvement job standpoint trusting
I think we've made a lot of improvement. I think from the standpoint of just trusting each other, we're doing a better job of that.
bounce call charge hoped open shot thinking
I was thinking they were going to call a charge and they didn't. And then I shot it. It was open and I hoped it would go in, but it didn't. Sometimes things are just not enough, but we don't like to think like that around here. We always want to win. Things didn't bounce our way.
ball coach excited fact focused knew match move players post run simple stand team teams tells
I was excited just for the simple fact that we were able to move the ball and not stand around on offense. Also, we knew that they were a fast-break team and we wanted to pretty much match that. Coach always tells us that when you play teams like this, your post players have to run and that's what we really focused on tonight.
carry chances fact load simple team win
We had chances where we could win the game, but it's just a simple fact that I didn't come to play. The team had to carry their load and mine. It just wasn't fair.
deeds good
We kind of let our good deeds get away from us.
cannot challenge games honestly matter mind past personally playing though three tired within
Even though this was a big game, this was a challenge for me personally because just playing past games and just always getting tired within three minutes. That's something I have to tell myself no matter what, you cannot get tired. Honestly that's what I had in my mind all night. I didn't want to get tired and I think I did a better job.
effort mistakes people players saying showing talent ups wish
You look at a lot of players who play on this level, and they don't have the talent like I do. There are a lot of people who wish they had it. To have it and not do anything with it is bad. I am not saying I am not going to make mistakes and have my ups and downs, but I am just showing the effort and the will to want to get better.
mentally minute teams
You have to be mentally strong. Mentally tough. ... The minute you think about being tired, being sore, that's when teams take it to you.