Candice Followwell

❤️💕 Thankful for you. @Jesser_15

We have to let our kids work through their problems. There are two kinds of parents. One prepares the path for the child, and the other prepares the child for the path.

“You can win games with talented kids but championships are won with character because adversity hits and good kids fight,” Grant Leonard Grit is what proves that character is for real.

“Comparison is the thief of joy. Thats how you get in trouble, you know saying someone’s better than this player, not better than that player,” Kara Lawson Comparison measures people. Standards measure progress. If you focus on others, you lose sight of your identity.

Offense is like the weather, it comes and goes. Defense must be consistent. You gotta want to play it. - Robert Parish

“If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.” Bam putting in work with Caron Butler before his 83-point game. 🔥 (@caronbutler)

Don’t let anyone disrupt your dreams just because their vision for you doesn’t match up with yours. Your work ethic. Your passion. Your belief. That is what moves the needle. Anyone that wants you to settle never saw Your potential through the eyes of you anyways. Move on!

Ben McCollum: "Trying to get them to understand that you're not just a win-a-conference-tournament-game team. You're not just a make-the-NCAA-Tournament team. You need to be able to win those games... Trying to go from really good to being great is something that is really hard to do and our kids need to understand really good is not acceptable. It's actually worse than being just bad."

Pops sent a text that said “ keep cheering for folks until it’s your turn”

Jan Jensen says they need a glass half full point of view. I like this quote: "Disappointments and setbacks make losers bitter but they make winners better."

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Coaching isn’t comfortable. It’s carrying pressure so your players don’t have to. It’s absorbing criticism. It’s losing sleep over lineups, grades, attitudes, and futures. Players get applause. Coaches carry responsibility. Every correction, every tough conversation, every standard held — it leaves marks. But those scars are proof you chose development over popularity. Real coaching isn’t about control.

We complain so much about the kids and Basketball. Want to solve the problem Open up YOUR gym for runs.

The guys coaching each other at halftime and understanding what they needed to work on without Coach telling them is why Duke beat Michigan! 🔥

“Mimi came to me and said Coach can I play on the scout team because I want to go rebound so Bailey has to block me out.” Texas Tech held the Big 12’s leading rebound at over 10 a game to three, her lowest total in three years. Mimi Sanogo, Julie Nekolna…everyone is all in.

Top tier response from a college coach that I had to share… This is straight from the source: they’re not recruiting talent alone — they’re recruiting discipline, accountability, effort, and character. SWFL Hoopers/Families- Free Game @CoachMelDub24

MYTH: The offseason is for rest. FACT: The offseason is for separation. You either close gaps or create them. #USVSUS @LadySkeeterBall @Coach5coop

What South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley looks for in a recruit other than a basketball skill set: “Disciplined parents. That’s the secret.”

Kara Lawson is also good for an elite quote “We don’t get to determine the length of our adversity”

Kim Caldwell and Vic Schaefer were both heavily criticized for calling out their teams publicly after losses. Here's Coach Schaefer's response. "Before you go criticizing coaches who sacrifice time with family and children, you come walk in their shoes. I will not give in to teaching these kids accountability and responsibility. That's my job." He says its different being a coach at Tennessee and Texas compared to other schools. #Vols

"I treated Billy Donovan like he was God's gift..." FIU Associate Head Coach @boppfiuball shares the biggest thing he would change when he first got into coaching. Listen to the full story on the Rising Coaches Podcast 🎙️