21 January 2011
Quote of the Day: John Walters
From The Same River Twice, a glimpse into Sue Bird and Swin Cash's time as college roommates:
Swin is high-maintenance, but she is high-performance, too. A French poodle trapped in a Dalmatian's body. She leads the Huskies in rebounds and is second in scoring, and for all of her neediness -- a box of tissues is set on the scorer's table each practice for her -- she never misses a practice or a game.
You have to know how to handle her. [Teammate] Marci Czel roomed with Swin one year and called it "a miserable experience". But Sue Bird, who now rooms with Swin, has a better understanding of the Swin Rules. For example, Swin prefers the room to be hot. Sue does not argue. But most nights when they go to sleep, Sue takes the remote thermostat control to bed with her, slowly and steadily turning down the heat as she snuggles beneath her comforter.
Swin is high-maintenance, but she is high-performance, too. A French poodle trapped in a Dalmatian's body. She leads the Huskies in rebounds and is second in scoring, and for all of her neediness -- a box of tissues is set on the scorer's table each practice for her -- she never misses a practice or a game.
You have to know how to handle her. [Teammate] Marci Czel roomed with Swin one year and called it "a miserable experience". But Sue Bird, who now rooms with Swin, has a better understanding of the Swin Rules. For example, Swin prefers the room to be hot. Sue does not argue. But most nights when they go to sleep, Sue takes the remote thermostat control to bed with her, slowly and steadily turning down the heat as she snuggles beneath her comforter.
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball
# posted by mamurd @ 7:56 PM 
