Dawn Staley

The way I approach basketball is the way that my mother approached her spirituality and her faith - she went hard.

I understand that my success isn't about championships - it's about bringing together people who were once, and in some ways still are, divided. It's bigger than basketball.

If you can bring out the best in people, the success will follow.

I owe basketball. I'm forever indebted to it. It engulfed my life for the positive. The game has gotten more of my time than my friends and my family. I feel like on a smaller or larger scale, it can impact my players' lives in some kind of way.

God is funny like that, He is funny. He rips your heart and He makes you believe. He makes you believe the unimaginable.