Coach

I can't open doors that aren't open. But if a door opens, I would be happy to walk through.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

The last reason I want to be hired is because of my gender. I want to be hired because you trust me, because of my potential, because you believe that I know basketball, and we go and we build from there.

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

Let's just face it: The average girl is not 6-3. I look very average.

You're getting to know these guys as people, and as players. You have to develop a rapport. They give me a lot of respect.

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

It's one thing to watch the NBA, but when you have to be there for every film session, every practice, it's a grind. It's a lot of hard work.

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

I know who I am. When you get comfortable with yourself like that and you know you're doing the right thing, you can take a lot of crap.

If you could play in the Olympics or sit on your couch and watch at home, what would you do? It was that simple. This is basketball; it's not war.

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 to pull your weight. You learn to not be the one that's causing the problems, whether we're camping, where I'd better be the one to help put up the tent.

I think it's kind of silly, actually... I've been coached by men the majority of my career. It hasn't ever been an issue. They have never walked in on us. So I don't - I think it's a nonissue when you really reverse the conversation.

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 junkie.

I was living my dream as a WNBA player.

You shouldn't get into coaching unless you care about the people you're leading.

If I went to play for Lithuania or Latvia, no one would have talked about it.

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.

I had a fantastic career. I loved being a professional athlete.

Playing basketball for me is like breathing.