Anne Donovan

When I was coming up through the programs with the Amateur Basketball Association, it was height: they looked for the tall players, and they looked to develop us. I was 15 when they first got me. ”

There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out. ”

When my playing career stopped and Old Dominion asked me to be an assistant, I was reluctant about it because I didn't aspire to be a coach, and I didn't know if I had the qualities to be a coach. ”

The prospect of coaching two of the game's most exciting and decorated players in Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson was incredibly appealing to me, and I look forward to beginning this new chapter in my career. ”

I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard. ”

Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength. ”

Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on. ”

No coach wants to sit back and not have control of the team. ”

It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult. ”

I think that the significance of the WNBA is that it has given women a different platform and a different level of respect as professionals, both as players and also in our coaching. ”