I have a love-hate relationship with losing. I hate how it makes me feel, which is basically sick. But I love what it brings out.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.

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.