Football Quotes by Dawn Staley

As a coach, you always hope for certain things in a team.

— Dawn Staley

I don't do anything but play basketball and watch it.

— Dawn Staley

I never wanted to be a coach. But sometimes you think you know what you want, and then life happens.

— Dawn Staley

Coaching - teaching the game - came relatively easy. I connected extremely well with the players.

— Dawn Staley

It's not often you see great players just improve year after year after year.

— Dawn Staley

I know basketball. I don't think basketball changes a whole lot.

— Dawn Staley

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

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

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

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

As a kid, I played not just basketball but baseball, softball, tackle football - anything the guys were playing, I wanted to…

— Dawn Staley

I know my role is integral to a team. I know just being a point guard and making sure that everyone is…

— Dawn Staley

When I became a coach, I think I was prepared, having come from North Philadelphia which helped shape me, and from all…

— Dawn Staley

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

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

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

When I got a letter from a college in eighth grade saying something about basketball - I think it might have even…

— Dawn Staley

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

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

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

When I was a player, I only got a chance to impact and be impacted by a small group of people on…

— Dawn Staley

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

Even after my players are done with their college careers, I keep caring for them and wanting the best for them. I…

— Dawn Staley

Some of my earliest lessons in perseverance were being turned away from the basketball court by the guys in the neighborhood when…

— Dawn Staley