Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

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.

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.

Bringing together disparate personalities to form a team is like a jigsaw puzzle. You have to ask yourself: what is the whole picture here? We want to make sure our players all fit together properly and complement each other, so that we don't have a big piece, a little piece, an oblong piece, and a round piece. If personalities work against each other, as a team you'll find yourselves spinning your wheels.

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 learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

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.