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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4963512, member: 10763"] Not specific to this season, which is the subject of this story, but what other program has the incredible depth of past great players that are totally there for our current players, year in and year out - to celebrate them at that high points and to stand with them at their low points. For Nika in particular, can you imagine getting a totally unexpected FaceTime to congratulate you on [I]breaking her record [/I]from Sue Bird or from Moriah, just before the game where you are going to do the same to hers? And lastly, this from the article - after the Notre Dame game, undoubtably Nika at her lowest, waiting to leave Gampel until after everyone else left so no-one would see her crying. Breanna Stewart jumping off the bus to console an obviously distraught Nika. “I was just bawling my eyes out and Breanna Stewart actually ran from the bus, and she just gave me a big hug,” Muhl said. Stewart was in town to celebrate the 2013-14 team being inducted into the Huskies of Honor. “She wiped my tears and she said, ‘This is all a process. This will all make sense. I've been in your shoes. I've been in your position. Lead your team. Don't let them see you like this. You got to stay strong for all of them.’ “… I took it very personal. I took to heart everything that she told me because I truly look up to her as a leader and as a player. I feel like that was a big turning moment for me to approach shoot-arounds differently, practices differently. Do the little things, listen better.” Beside the incredible bond this team itself had - being part of the extended sisterhood of all those who have come before them is truly something very, very special. [/QUOTE]

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