Ann Johnson Quotes

My career was mediocre,

I`m doing really, really well. I couldn`t have asked for a better situation. Everything is coming into place right now. I feel blessed to be in the situation I`m in.

One thing about the NBA is that it`s definitely not a faster pace. Duke has prepared me well. There`s nothing here that I haven`t seen already. It`s not faster. If anything, it`s a little slower with all the one-on-one play. I feel like I`m fitting in the grove well here. Again, I couldn`t have asked for a better situation.

I`ve concentrated a lot on trying to slim back up and kind of lose that real muscular frame I had, ... I`ve been working a lot on my footwork and on my perimeter game. I feel like since I left Duke, I got a lot of my quickness back, a lot of my explosiveness back. It`s been really good for me here in this camp.

The rims here are soft, just like when I left, ... This is home to me and I`m happy to be back.

I`m getting paid to play the game that I love, ... If anyone wants to criticize that, they can come say it to my face. I didn`t get drafted because of what happened at Duke, and I wiped that off my chest and I moved on. People can say what they want to say, but I`m in the NBA right now.

My back was really against the wall there for a little bit, especially after I didn`t get drafted,

If I can hit the shot, I`m going to take it,

When I come back down here, of course people are going to doubt me and find it hard to believe that I`m doing what I`m doing. ? People can say what they want to say, but I`m doing it.

I think I can help out the team. And people can doubt that or not believe it, but that`s the feedback that I`m getting. Time will tell.