Actually, when I saw it in USA Today, I just, Candace Parker was, we were warming up in practice and she was underneath the basket shooting and I just said, 'Hey Candace! I enjoyed what I read in the paper today about your decision [to stay].' She just started laughing and I did too. So I haven't discussed it with her.

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 don't give out compliments easily.

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.

In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them or don’t like them.