For U.S. Women's Basketball, It's Gold or Nothing

2008/07/23 19:19:27 @NBA.com: News

In the ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Scott Fowler writes "for Anne Donovan in these Olympics, there is No. 1. There really is nothing else. An unhealthy attitude? In most cases, yes. You wouldn't want your kids to think that way. But Donovan, a Charlotte resident since 2001 and now the coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, believes it is a realistic attitude, given her current job. ‘It's funny,' Donovan said. ‘When I see some athlete get a silver medal and say he won't even wear it because it's not gold, I think, 'That's sad.' But we've got a history in U.S. women's basketball. Anything less than gold will be looked at as a failure by a lot of people, including myself.'”
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