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A lot of people notice when you succeed; they don’t see what it takes to get there.
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Dawn Staley
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I feel what I feel when I feel it, and then express it.
--Dawn Staley, Head Women's Basketball Coach, University of South Carolina.
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Jay Kimiecik (Exploring the Concept of Feel for Wellbeing and Performance)
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Hope is a ladder.” A tool to lift yourself to a brighter future, but also a tool to lift others by your example.
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Dawn Staley (Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three)
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Like hope, confidence is contagious.
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Dawn Staley (Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three)
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Mothers are there for you on the good, bad, and ugly days. If you’re lucky, your mother is the person in your world who believes in you the most. Mothers are also the people who humble you. They pay for the sneakers. They make the meals. They dry the tears. They kick you in the pants. They shine a light so you don’t trip. They catch you when you do.
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Dawn Staley (Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three)
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I tell them to know their value. But don’t expect others to grant it to you. And be ready when they try to tell or sell you something different.
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Dawn Staley (Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three)
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How can you ask for a better coach, or a better role model, than Dawn Staley? She represents everything a Black woman should aspire to be: She’s strong, successful, and intelligent. She’s a boss. She will not take an ounce of crap from anybody. But she has never lost her empathy and compassion for people.
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A'ja Wilson (Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You)