"We can definitely take pride in the fact that we hopefully left our mark here and have established Minnesota as a winning tradition and a great Women's besketball program".
"It's been a great run. I've truly enjoyed everything that we have had here at Minnesota and everything we done, especially this year"
"I tell people the first year felt like three and the last three years seem like a year"
"It was not the greatest feeling in the world," said Whalen of her first exposure to college ball. "It was, ummm, a little anticlimatic. In high school (Hutchinson), we'd filled the gym a few times."
"As a freshman, I just wanted to play for a division I team. I wanted to have 'Minnesota' written across my chest. Now I want to play in the WNBA, I think the womans game can get better as it evolves. I want to be apart of that."
"I'll obviously look into all things related to my major. I'd like to see if I can play pro somewhere, eitherEurope or here; preferably here in the U.S. It would be a great opportunity."
"If the Media starts calling you and you have to do this or that, go running to a TV interview or a radio interview, that's when your time management cames into play. But you know if you have a paper due tomorrow, you'd better wrist at least half of it before you go and half after so you at least got started."
"We're students first, so we have to do everything we can, first of all, to perform well in the classroom as you you do on the court, and a lot of times what we do on the court overshadows ehat we do in the classroom. Having that balance is the key to haveing success and being a successful student athlete and enjoying your time here at the U. That balance a lot of times determines your success and happiness in college."
"I haven't looked at the box score, but I don't think she, (Odfield) played very many minutes."
