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UConn’s Williams brings relentless work ethic to basketball court
"The best player that Steve Quattlebaum ever coached didn’t just love to practice. She was obsessed with it." But is she obsessed with Geno's practices?
It appears yes.
“She’d leave our practices and go — two or three nights a week we didn’t have games — into another gym for a private workout with somebody,” Quattlebaum recalled Friday by phone. “We just constantly worried about her working out too much.”
“He used to tell me to rest. … I was like, ‘I’m just going to the gym,’” Williams said with a laugh Friday. Ah! To be a kid again!
“She’s always been a confident player because she knows she’s put the work in ...”
“She’s supremely talented and supremely confident,” Auriemma said. “Like, really confident. Not like fake, pretend confidence.” Geno is echoing his own words he said about another supremely confident player, Maya Moore!
“In the quarterfinals against Star City (Ark.), the University of Arkansas coaches were at the game. Coach (Jimmy) Dykes was coaching them at the time. He usually called me when they were coming to watch a game,” Quattlebaum said. “Star City had a really good player. I told Christyn before the game, ‘Did Coach Dykes say anything to you about coming tonight?’ She said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Well, they must be here to look at the girl from Star City.’ She answered, ‘Oh, OK.’” "According to Quattlebaum, Williams promptly went out and scored 41 of her team’s 47 points, leading them to a victory."
“We’re probably going to start two kids that have never started a game, ever,” Auriemma said. “When was the last time that happened? We’re going to start one kid who’s never started any games — played any games." And the starters are?
"The best player that Steve Quattlebaum ever coached didn’t just love to practice. She was obsessed with it." But is she obsessed with Geno's practices?
It appears yes.“She’d leave our practices and go — two or three nights a week we didn’t have games — into another gym for a private workout with somebody,” Quattlebaum recalled Friday by phone. “We just constantly worried about her working out too much.”
“He used to tell me to rest. … I was like, ‘I’m just going to the gym,’” Williams said with a laugh Friday. Ah! To be a kid again!
“She’s always been a confident player because she knows she’s put the work in ...”
“She’s supremely talented and supremely confident,” Auriemma said. “Like, really confident. Not like fake, pretend confidence.” Geno is echoing his own words he said about another supremely confident player, Maya Moore!
“In the quarterfinals against Star City (Ark.), the University of Arkansas coaches were at the game. Coach (Jimmy) Dykes was coaching them at the time. He usually called me when they were coming to watch a game,” Quattlebaum said. “Star City had a really good player. I told Christyn before the game, ‘Did Coach Dykes say anything to you about coming tonight?’ She said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Well, they must be here to look at the girl from Star City.’ She answered, ‘Oh, OK.’” "According to Quattlebaum, Williams promptly went out and scored 41 of her team’s 47 points, leading them to a victory."
“We’re probably going to start two kids that have never started a game, ever,” Auriemma said. “When was the last time that happened? We’re going to start one kid who’s never started any games — played any games." And the starters are?
That test would not have killed me, but I know I would not have done nearly as well as she did. I'm not a ww. 
We can't get everybody, we don't need everybody, we don't have room for everybody, UConn is not for everybody. We need Haley Jones. She's special, and will be a "standout"player wherever she goes. I hope that fact is conveyed to and understood by Ms Jones and her family during their visit. They (Haley & Aliyah) will get to watch the team play Vanguard Sunday. 
