(Game-planning) is never about one player. But you have to respect someone that's going to put up a double-double. |
18 years of witnessing Coach Gunter's mastery. |
At certain times, you get a player of her caliber, and because of prior star players, you have this expectation. And she extinguished them immediately. |
From my office I could see the helicopters landing on the track and taking off all day. You knew every time it was someone who was really sick. |
Going into the season, looking at our schedule and our conference and to prepare well against that and be rewarded is exciting. |
Her legacy will not be her last game. |
Honestly, I didn't know I had any records left to break. The hope is to continue playing and get some fresh legs underneath some people. But it does seem like a pretty smooth move on my part. |
I acted like it was the most normal day. And that took so much energy out of me. I got my cup of coffee, read my e-mails. I let all the news come to me. |
I am who I am in no small part because of the role she has played in my life — both as a coach and as a person. I feel a great sense of responsibility to carry on her legacy at LSU. |
I better not tell them. They might think they're good. |
I can always tell the energy of the crowd when they come back in the locker room. |
I can't tell you her words [when she learned of her election], but it was the look in her eyes that had been gone, ... That smirk in the right side of her mouth. And then the wink. ... They talk about [the friendship of] Jim Calhoun and Jim Boeheim. That was Sue with everyone she came in contact with. It's just a reminder to me of how special she was. |
I don?t think (a national title) needs to validate her game. I think the fashion in which she?s accomplished things validate (her game), but why not let that be the golden prize for a kid that has done so much for the game, for herself and for the program? |
I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life. |
I opted to finish school, and she offered me a job. The rest is history, as I spent nearly 18 years, or half my life, with her. |