Coaching - teaching the game - came relatively easy. I connected extremely well with the players. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a coach. But sometimes you think you know what you want, and then life happens. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
It's not often you see great players just improve year after year after year. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
We were rattled. A team like Rutgers, they play in spurts, and they didn't have a large spurt. We certainly knew we… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
My communication with A'ja was always less about basketball. I tried to be a place where she could let her guard down… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
As a kid, I played not just basketball but baseball, softball, tackle football - anything the guys were playing, I wanted to… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I know my role is integral to a team. I know just being a point guard and making sure that everyone is… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
When I became a coach, I think I was prepared, having come from North Philadelphia which helped shape me, and from all… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I loved sports, but I excelled at basketball. We'd nail an old crate onto a wooden board and that was our basket… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
If there were ever a secret to being a great coach, that's it: the connection. I need to have a personal relationship… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
As a point guard, you know, the point guard is the position on the floor that really runs it. You're the conductor.… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I owe basketball. I'm forever indebted to it. It engulfed my life for the positive. The game has gotten more of my… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about imagination. It gives you an opportunity to dream, no matter, you know, how outlandish my dreams were. Like,… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
When I got a letter from a college in eighth grade saying something about basketball - I think it might have even… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Some of my earliest lessons in perseverance were being turned away from the basketball court by the guys in the neighborhood when… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
When I was a player, I only got a chance to impact and be impacted by a small group of people on… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that's the easy part. The biggest challenge is to… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Even after my players are done with their college careers, I keep caring for them and wanting the best for them. I… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
It's my nature just to teach, help and simplify basketball, that's my mentality. To not make the game so hard. It's really… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I didn't have a job in high school. Basketball was work for me; I put in enough hours that it could have… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
If I said this once, I've said this a thousand times, our game has been held back for such a long time.… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I'm not the one to back down and I don't give up, and believe me, I'm not perfect. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
Aside from their talent, a prerequisite of us actually recruiting a young lady is their relationship with their parents because if they respect their… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
When I was growing up in the projects in Philadelphia in the 1970s and 80s, Cadillac was the car to have. But I always… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that's the easy part. The biggest challenge is to get them… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
I don't coach to win awards, I really don't. I'm very, very satisfied with just being there for my players. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
I grew up in the projects in North Philly. And when you grow up in the projects in North Philly, no one thinks you're… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
I grew up in a disciplined household, and I have never been afraid of working hard. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
If there were ever a secret to being a great coach, that's it: the connection. I need to have a personal relationship with each… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
It's my nature just to teach, help and simplify basketball, that's my mentality. To not make the game so hard. It's really an easy… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
Some of my earliest lessons in perseverance were being turned away from the basketball court by the guys in the neighborhood when all I… — Dawn Staley Copy Share
It's not often you see great players just improve year after year after year. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
Coaching - teaching the game - came relatively easy. I connected extremely well with the players. — Dawn Staley Copy Share
