Question: How do you feel to be at the White House Maya.
Maya Moore: I don't know, because it hasn't sunk in yet.
I think once I actually walk inside the building.
I'm just going to breathless.
Maya Moore: We are here today because we won a national
championship, you know, undefeated, had a great year,
and they decided to, you know, continue the tradition by coming
to the White House and hanging out with the President for a
little while and getting a tour.
Renee Montgomery: It was a surreal experience, I mean,
I know not many people get to even go inside of the White House,
and then just to be able to meet the President and for
him to just take time to meet every single person on the team
and take a picture.
The President: Coach Gino and each of these women also
understands that being champion doesn't stop when you step off the Court.
Gino's cancer team, and I'm wearing a bracelet that
I just got, right here, I want to show it off,
raises money to fight cancer, and these young women visit
pediatric patients, mentor at-risk youth to show they can
make something of themselves and give their time to folks in the
communities who need it most.
Tina Charles: I know probably a lot of people don't think that,
you know, that we're always around our peers and, you know,
being around our teammates, but, you know,
we do extra things by going to soup kitchens,
Children's Hospitals and, you know, doing telethons,
and just requesting money to help people in need,
and I think just putting a smile on people's face really means a lot.
Maya Moore: You know, it's been a great way to be involved and
to realize, you know, there are people out there that, you know,
are sick and need help, so any way that we can try to help,
you know, coach gives us a great opportunity to do that.
Renee Montgomery: Giving back is a big part, especially,
you know, for people that are considered role models such as
us and in the light, and I think that we can make a positive
influence on children's lives, because they see that you can be
successful doing things the right way and that, you know,
you can dream big.
Tina Charles: It's doing little things, you know,
I think it's just a blessing that, you know,
myself just going out and helping somebody else makes
their day, makes them smile and just makes them know that,
you know, Connecticut basketball isn't just basketball, you know,
it's everything else beyond it.
Geno Auriemme: You can either be selfish and take or you can be a giver,
you know, and every team if it has more takers than
givers is going to be a losing team,
but we want them to learn more than wins or losses,
we want them to be people who give.
And at the end of the day, be viewed as someone who gave a lot
more than they took.
The President: As a father, I want to thank all of you.
Thank you to all the NCAA female athletes who work hard day in,
day out to set a positive example to which our daughters
can all aspire, to be healthy and active, to be part of a team.