“Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves”

Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.

We do not win championships with girls. We win with competitors.

Sit up straight, listen and participate.

The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.

Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them.

The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.

I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.

You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.

Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.

I think you can challenge people, but you don’t want to break people down. But you’ve got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you’re OK but you could be better.

It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.

There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.

I’d wake up in the morning and I would think, ‘Where am I?’ I’d have to gather myself.

I’ve always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.

I believe that anyone with a bit of guidance can act.

I’m just a girl, With a dream that got the best of me, In a world that believes fame is everything.

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

I believe when your children are born that you are reborn in some fashion.

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.

Anytime you’re with somebody, you become a reflection of that person. I believe the first five years of our relationship was me grooming her, getting her tough and getting her ready for all of this and how to deal with it. The last was just her being a strong Black woman who has her man’s back.

Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to receive is feel good.