Whale Quotes

You know, each day goes by, and you get a little more optimistic and a little more hopeful because you just see how it's reacting to everything... It's just day-to-day kinds of things. So I feel good about it. - Lindsay Whalen

You just run up and down the court, play really hard and be unselfish. Those are the three things that our team takes a lot of pride in. They've gotten us to the finals. - Lindsay Whalen

You have the baby boomers, people with money that are now retiring, they don't want to spend that much time in the kitchen. Then, you have professional people, married couples in their 30s. A lot of times, both of them are working. Who's to say which is going to cook? - Todd Whaley

You have a migratory pattern, so there would be an increase of whales in the area. - Mike Killary

You hate to see the seniors have to have that type of day in their last games at home. As a team, we need to just keep getting better. - Nick Whaley

You earn victories like this just by sticking with it and digging down. - Lindsay Whalen

You didn't used to see them at all in the gulf, but they started showing up in the late '80s, early '90s. Now you can hardly make a trip without seeing sperm whales. - Steve Fish

With the way weather has been, we're ecstatic that we've gotten in seven games to this point. There is no better teaching tool than game experience. - Troy Whalen

With cactus-studded desert mountains plunging into tranquil turquoise bays, gliding manta rays and pods of migrating orca whales, this uninhabited island in the Sea of Cortez, which separates mainland Mexico and the fingerlike Baja peninsula, is every bit the paradise island you dream of escaping to. It's also the perfect place to explore by sea kayak; warm water and sunshine are almost guaranteed from October to May. - Clare Jones