You can't pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It's not something that disappears when you're tired.

Put the Team Before Yourself.

Success is a project that's always under construction.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.

To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.

I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team and on Candace and the role she played for us.