June 15, 2015
Excerpt from The Players’ Tribune
By Dawn Staley, Contributor
I live by two mottos:
A disciplined person can do anything.
Dare to do what you don’t want to get what you do want.
I never wanted to be a coach. But sometimes you think you know what you want, and then life happens.
I was a baller — a (relatively) short but determined girl from Philly with an intense passion for the game. Basketball was — is — my life. Collegiate. Professional. National. Throughout my career, I helped lead my teams to league championships, national championships, gold medals.
I wanted to win. I wanted to stretch myself. I wanted to challenge and be challenged.
That’s how coaching lured me in.
