Kay Yow Quotations

We knew we were tired, but not that tired to play that badly in the first half. We got into a deep hole and then we were just fighting for our lives.

Wow, it's hard to imagine coaching 1,000 games, but that does mean I have been in it for a long time. It is very special to have coached so many games and to have been blessed to do so.

She's been doing a really good job. We've tried to set up a few things to give her more opportunity for penetration and help her out as much as we can from our offensive sets. I thought they got the ball to her, and she took advantage.

She always plays hard. She has just been working harder with her shot selection and getting in her range for her shots. We tried to set up a few more things to give her opportunities for penetration.

Megan's a great shooter and plays smart, hard-nosed basketball. She understands the game and has the ability to make others around her better.

I have a lot of respect for George Washington. We played well tonight, but had more turnovers than we would have liked and missed really important free throws. This was a very important non-conference win for us that will pay dividends down the road and as we begin ACC play on Monday.

We are fortunate to come out of here with a win tonight. Billie McDowell had a great game for us and all of our players that came off the bench played a key role in our win.

I think Cristy is doing a great job. They're really playing hard for her. They're a really tough team.

I think, quite honestly, she probably took shots too soon, too quick. She just wanted to help so much.

I still think this is Duke's best team that they've had. They've got a lot of pieces. They play with a lot of confidence. That's one of the factors. I just think we didn't play with the same kind of confidence tonight.

That was the main thing I wanted them to focus on was not to letup on the defensive end. Play great defense, box out and they got their hands on some balls down the stretch playing great defense. That really helped save the game for us.

We really turned that around. The players did a great job on both ends.

We have to have that in a game like this. There was no way we could fare well having one half of our offense.

We know it's important with a team like that, and other really great teams, to start the game out strong, not to start to lose it in the first five minutes, which I felt happened to us today. From that point their confidence level really rose and they really shot the ball extremely well. We just got in a deep hole and then we were just fighting for our life.

When we played at Florida State we didn't play as aggressively as we should have. Now we have a chance again to see what we can do.

We wanted to put the same kind of pressure on them that they put on us. We felt if we really penetrated strongly, and did a good job, that it would cause fouls on their part.

We just got in a deep hole, and then we're just fighting for our lives. We couldn't overcome that. I don't think we can overcome that against any team of that caliber when that happens.

There's not a player for Maryland who's not a threat. We had our hands full. They one of the most talented teams in the country, and we'll see soon if they may be the very best.

I've always said the first game of the ACC Tournament is the hardest to play. We seemed a little tight and not quite ourselves in that first half.

Offensively, we never got it going. We didn't play well on the inside. We didn't play well on the outside ... (FSU) played very well defensively.

North Carolina put on a clinic in the first half. I was disappointed in the way we played defensively. We played them much better in the first two games.

This is now a mind-over-matter thing. We saw coming in that we would have to play four games in the bracket (to win the title). We'll go back and rest and we'll eat well. It's going to be a two-hour game. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. How tired can we be? We can't be tired.

It's a tall order, but they are student athletes and they like challenges.

It was effective. But we knew that would be a part of their game plan. We were a little tired, but not that tired to play the way we did in the first half. We should have done better, we know that. We feel badly for our fans, that we didn't give them more than we did today.

It was a very disappointing performance for us. We know it is important when you play a team like them that you have to come out strong and not to lose in the first five minutes, which I feel happened to us.

It was a very disappointing performance for us. I just don't feel that we were prepared as well as we needed to be for this game.

It was a slug-out. Just punch for punch. We were fortunate to get the last punch in.

It will be tough. But we have to win Game 1 before we worry about it, so it's not even in my thoughts right now.

Not to pick this game up tonight means we really have got to come through somewhere and win a game or two that nobody expects us to win. It just seemed that in the second half our defensive intensity wasn't there until the last four or five minutes.

I'm just really proud of my team the way they hung in there down the stretch. They had some tough possessions there. They had to make some really good decisions and I thought they did a really good job.

I normally shun the spotlight, but I don't mind being the platform.

This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.

Don't let the urgent get in the way of the important

I feel like I had zero control over getting cancer, but I have 100 percent control over how I will respond to dealing with cancer.

When life kicks you, let it kick you forward.

The effort and the hustle and the defense I feel good about.