Lauren Jackson: "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm done. I feel like I could sit back and watch for a year. This is the happiest I've been in my life."

Storm owner Howard Schultz: "It was abuzz in the entire city. The whole city is turned on."

Sue Bird: "Seventeen thousand people -- I think we started something here. The Storm, we are on our way to doing great things, starting with our first championship. And hopefully, people come back."