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.

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

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've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

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

I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.

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.