Becky Hammon Quotes:- Becky Hammon (born March 11, 1977) is an American-Russian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously served as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time All-American basketball player for the Colorado State Rams, Hammon went on to play for the San Antonio Stars and New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for several other teams outside the United States.
Inspirational Becky Hammon Quotes
“Hope and encouragement, especially hope, is probably one of the greatest things you can give another person.”
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“But it’s been a learning experience; learning the NBA, learning the travel schedule and certain coaches, their styles, what they like to run out of timeouts, personnel, tendencies.”
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“Playing basketball for me is like breathing.”
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“I was living my dream as a WNBA player.”
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“The last reason I want to be hired is because of my gender. I want to be hired because you trust me, because of my potential, because you believe that I know basketball, and we go and we build from there.”
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“I grew up in the woods; we were either on three-wheelers or four-wheelers or we were playing basketball.”
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“If you could play in the Olympics or sit on your couch and watch at home, what would you do? It was that simple. This is basketball; it’s not war.”
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“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.”
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“I was always smaller and slower than everybody else, so I had to figure out other ways to be successful. Some people can survive on their athleticism; I had to survive on my brain.”
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“If you don’t want a female coach, don’t hire one!”
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Famous Quotes by Becky Hammon
“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.”
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“You shouldn’t get into coaching unless you care about the people you’re leading.”
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“It’s one thing to watch the NBA, but when you have to be there for every film session, every practice, it’s a grind. It’s a lot of hard work.”
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“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.”
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“I know who I am. When you get comfortable with yourself like that and you know you’re doing the right thing, you can take a lot of crap.”
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“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.”
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“I think it’s kind of silly, actually… I’ve been coached by men for the majority of my career. It hasn’t ever been an issue. They have never walked in on us. So I don’t – I think it’s a nonissue when you really reverse the conversation.”
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“It’s 2015, and I’m the first female coach in any of the major sports. That’s ridiculous!”
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Best Quotes on Becky Hammon
“Let’s just face it: The average girl is not 6-3. I look very average.”
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“People ask me all the time, will there ever be a woman player in the NBA? To be honest, no. There are differences. The guys are too big, too strong and that’s just the way it is.”
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“For me, I think it’s such a notable point to make that a leader had to believe, a leader had to see that potential.”
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“I just think there’s a real art in listening. I need to listen.”
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“I can’t open doors that aren’t open. But if a door opens, I would be happy to walk through.”
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“Nothing in my life has really ever been easy. I’ve always been someone who did it uphill.”
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“My whole childhood I grew up wanting to be a professional basketball player.”
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“The greatest thing about sports, to me, is just the crossover into everyday life.”
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Top 10 Quotes on Becky Hammon
“You’re getting to know these guys as people, and as players. You have to develop a rapport. They give me a lot of respect.”
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“But I think in the midst of working, you can’t get too crazy serious.”
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“I had a fantastic career. I loved being a professional athlete.”
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“If I went to play for Lithuania or Latvia, no one would have talked about it.”
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“I feel like I’ve had 20 years of experience at a very high level, if you throw in college, playing overseas, I’ve played in hundreds and hundreds of games.”
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“But, at the end of the day, you live in the world with billions of people, and everyone has a unique upbringing and experience.”
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“It’s just really awesome to be rewarded for all your hard work; that people take notice of how I treated my teammates, how I was in my community.”
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“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.”
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“I… scout, I’m in all the film sessions, I’m in all the coach’s meetings, I travel… I’m in on everything.”
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“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.”
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