The way I approach basketball is the way that my mother approached her spirituality and her faith - she went hard. — 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
We need to think about women's basketball like the stock market: it grows over time, and you have to put something in… — 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
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 understand that my success isn't about championships - it's about bringing together people who were once, and in some ways still… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Covering women's college basketball means covering women's college basketball: the ups, the downs, the surprises, the disappointments, the old rivalries, the new… — 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 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
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
You can literally watch women's basketball all the time, between colleges, the WNBA and the Olympics. You can see the best of… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
What if everyone who loved women's basketball took the time every day to say or tweet just one thing about the game?… — 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
A'ja allowed me to be a part of her open book. Honestly, I didn't know the depths of where she could go.… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there. — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I grew up in a disciplined household, and I have never been afraid of working hard. — 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 with each… — 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 an easy… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
