It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.
I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard.
My time at Seton Hall has been extremely rewarding. I commend the staff for their tireless and successful efforts in recruiting and elevating the program.
I am really excited to join the Connecticut Sun.
The contention is if you don't do it in the first quarter, if you don't box out and control the glass in the first quarter, you are not going to do it in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength.
The prospect of coaching two of the game's most exciting and decorated players in Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson was incredibly appealing to me, and I look forward to beginning this new chapter in my career.
When it does not click offensively, it is very easy to get down defensively.
I think that the significance of the WNBA is that it has given women a different platform and a different level of respect as professionals, both as players and also in our coaching.
The draft not being exceptionally deep, you basically take the best player available.
At the end of the game, coaches always talk about what could have been done differently with the game plan.
There are some real memorable highlights in my history that, in my mind, are such milestones. Winning a national championship in college and being on the Olympic platform getting a gold medal. Visiting the Hall of Fame and going into the Hall of Fame.
There are times I'd like to be incognito, be someplace where I might not stand out.
I'd like to be a three-time Olympian.
Usually, when you're taking over a team, you're restructuring, you're tearing it down, you're building it up again.
Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.
There's a beautiful thing about experience. There's a beautiful thing about veteran smarts, but there's also a beautiful thing about youth and the potential that creates down the road.
Players need to come in and not take the opportunity for granted and really work hard at the game and make sure it's a team game, it's not a selfish thing. If players have those qualities - they work hard, they're selfless, they put the team before them - I have no issues with them.
