Quotes from Becky Hammon

You have those people speaking really good things in your life and it grows and produces fruit later on. But somebody had to initially plant those good seeds.

Your mind is just constantly moving, thinking of different scenarios, not only on your team but their team too, trying to figure out things they are doing.

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.

The greatest thing about sports, to me, is just the crossover into everyday life.

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 other - trusting your teammates. That stuff, that's universal.

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

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.

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

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

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 a woman couldn't be in the mix and shouldn't be in the mix.

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

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