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“It's not that I set out to say, 'I'm going be the first assistant coach in the NBA.' That really - it was never my intent. It just kind of happened very naturally.”

Becky Hammon

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The last reason I want to be hired is because of my gender. I want to be hired because you trust me, because of…

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I'm up for challenges. I'm up for being outside the box, making tough decisions and challenges... And I'm a little bit of an adrenaline…

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I was always with my dad and my brother. I know that if you can't keep up, you get left behind. So you learn…

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Nothing in my life has really ever been easy. I've always been someone who did it uphill.

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I feel like I've had 20 years of experience at a very high level, if you throw in college, playing overseas, I've played in…

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But when it comes to things of the mind, things like coaching, game-planning, coming up with offensive and defensive schemes, there's no reason why…

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Hope and encouragement, especially hope, is probably one of the greatest things you can give another person.

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If you don't want a female coach, don't hire one!

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But I think in the midst of working, you can't get too crazy serious.

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But, at the end of the day, you live in the world with billions of people, and everyone has a unique upbringing and experience.

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And a pick and roll in the women's game is a pick and roll on the men's game... I mean, character, working for each…

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Playing basketball for me is like breathing.

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