Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

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

By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.

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.

Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it.

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.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?