Coach Ashwante “Tae” Hawkins is a young and ambitious coach, entering her inaugural year as an Assistant Coach with Life U Women’s Basketball. Before arriving in Marietta, Hawkins spent three years in Talladega, becoming the associate head coach before the 2016-17 season. In her time with the Tornadoes, she helped the program to a 60-28 record and to consecutive GCAC regular season championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as the first GCAC Tournament Championship in program history. She is eager to bring her positive leadership to the Life U Running Eagles and encourage success and pride on and off the court.
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S1 (00:30):
Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of Living Life A life. Hugh,
I am your host, Doctor Veronica Garcia, and today I
am joined with Coach Tae. Welcome. How are you?
S2 (00:40):
Thank you. I'm doing well. Thank you for having me.
S1 (00:41):
I'm so excited to have you here because I think
that it goes under the radar sometimes. But no. No
longer under the radar as much. You are the coach
of our women's basketball team who are doing extraordinary, I hear. Yes, yes.
So tell me a little bit about. Let's start. How
long have you been at Life University?
S2 (01:00):
So technically, six years. Um, but I took, uh, during
the Covid year. Um, I actually had my daughter, so
I moved back to California for a couple of years,
so now I am back. I'm fortunate that relationships are huge.
And my ad made a call, and here I am.
Come on back. Yeah, back at it.
S1 (01:21):
I love it. Well, congratulations on your daughter. Thank you.
She is absolutely healthy and great.
S2 (01:25):
Yes, she is growing.
S1 (01:26):
Yeah.
S2 (01:27):
For going on 20. Oh my goodness.
S1 (01:30):
We must interview her.
S2 (01:31):
I'm thinking. Oh she's ready.
S1 (01:34):
Um. And coach say, tell me, were you also a
coach of women's basketball and then come back as coach
of women's?
S2 (01:42):
Yes, ma'am. So I was here coaching as an assistant
coach for three years. So I had a great opportunity
under coach Anthony Maxwell. So he was blessed to give
me another opportunity. So yeah, a great experience with him
just being here. So a huge reason why I'm back
to is what he was able to give back to me.
S1 (02:00):
So that's so important, I love that. A lot of
the times when we have staff and faculty and just
individuals that have worked their life university and they might
leave for whatever reasons they find their way back, I
think that speaks volumes of our institution and our philosophy
and the way that we hey, it's it's a safe space.
You're welcome back. Which is a beautiful thing.
S2 (02:22):
Yes, we love it.
S1 (02:23):
Tell me why. Basketball.
S2 (02:25):
Oh, man. I was just a little girl following after
her big sister. And I love what it was giving
to her. And I was just that younger sister dribbling
around with the basketball, and, you know, it's contagious. She
asked me. It was contagious. So inspiring. So it's a
big reason why I'm in it.
S1 (02:46):
Did you play also through school as well?
S2 (02:49):
Yep. I spent, um, four years playing, um, finished collegiately
as well. Um, but Yep. I finished up my career. Yep.
S1 (02:58):
And tell me about that shift from being on the
court to being on the sidelines to guide a team
on the court.
S2 (03:05):
Man. Man, it wasn't easy. I would say it wasn't easy. Um,
I took a different route than most probably take or
that I would probably encourage people to take. You know,
and I hopped into coaching as soon as I got
done playing. So, um, requires you to grow up a
little faster, um, especially when you're coaching players that were
(03:29):
former teammates of yours. So, um, but I was, you know,
I was, I was it was huge for me because
relationships are big. Yeah. So having those relationships and then
being a point guard, which is a huge piece of leadership. Um,
it helped with the transition. I would definitely say that.
S1 (03:44):
Wow. That's awesome. And it's awesome. And as a former athlete,
it's also very difficult as well to leave the sport.
S2 (03:53):
And.
S1 (03:53):
The transition into something.
S2 (03:56):
Absolutely, absolutely.
S1 (03:57):
But I love that you have found a career within
this passion, you know, dribbling since a young girl and
now still dribbling for awesome women and also inspiring your daughter,
I'm sure. Yeah. Yes, yes. So I'm sure it's it's
it's a full circle. Beautiful paint of your or painting
of your life. Absolutely not. Nice. Tell me about, um,
(04:20):
the philosophy in the in the current team, uh, for
the women's basketball.
S2 (04:25):
And things that are big for me. And a lot
of my players will tell you the foundation of my
coaching philosophy is built off of genuine relationships. Um, and
I would definitely say discipline if anybody can ask. Um,
but when it comes to those relationships, like, I want
to know who I'm, who I'm coaching, you know, sometimes
you get athletes in here for a year, sometimes two
(04:47):
and sometimes four. You're hoping, you know, and you want
to be able to have these relationships with them that
are lasting, you know, um, when it comes to the discipline,
discipline piece. Um, the piece that's big for me, you know,
and I just got done talking to my athletes about,
you know, how important it is, um, to do to
(05:09):
do the right thing when nobody's around, you know, which
is high on, you know, on integrity, you know? Um,
but no, I've been blessed thus far, you know, and
to have great student athletes, you know, um, but yeah,
that's awesome.
S1 (05:24):
That's it's really important to have, you know, like that discipline,
that integrity as an athlete, but also just as a human. Yes, yes.
As a human in general. Um, it's great to, to
have that encouragement also from a coach and a mentor
and a friend as well, because you're so involved into
their lives all the time, you see them a lot
(05:45):
more than their parents most of the time. Absolutely.
S2 (05:48):
We're we're a lot of hats, you know. And you
want to be able to to be that big sister
when needed. That auntie when needed. You know, some of
these athletes, you know, come from backgrounds where they don't
have any. Some only have a dad or a mom.
And being able to be a mixture of all of
those things, you know, with not just myself, just with
my staff, you know, having a male on staff has
(06:10):
been huge for me. You know, being able for them
to to have that uncle, you know, that they may
not have ever known or that big brother, you know, or,
you know, father figure sometimes, you know. So it's been
inspiring for me as well to be able to watch
that transition.
S1 (06:25):
That's awesome I love that. So now that you mentioned
a little bit of other pieces, tell me, how do
we work with our athletic trainers and our nutritionists? And
to make sure that our athletes, that women athletes are
supported and developed and and seen, and being able to
be given all those resources for her to be successful
in the court.
S2 (06:45):
Yeah, I think the biggest thing life University, we have
a lot of different resources. You know, I've come from
institutions where I didn't have a lot of this. You know,
a lot of people laugh at me when I when
I got here because I was like, man, I was
like a kid in a candy store, you know? Um,
but being able to have, you know, athletic trainers that
(07:05):
do genuinely care and, you know, something that's big for
our athletic department, you know, we we thrive off of,
you know, committing ourselves to these athletes, you know, even
if at nights that we're tired, you know, so being
able to see our trainers, you know, and support staff
go the extra mile, extra, you know, loopholes, you know,
to make sure that they're good. You know, I always
like to say I've been talking about it and I
(07:27):
think I see it more that I have a daughter.
You know how much it takes a village, you know,
and we are our own village, you know, and I've
seen a lot of that this year, even with, you know,
the support of my athletes. And, you know, just as
much as, you know, we support them, they've been supporting
us and fueling us as well. So it's a pretty
cool thing to see as well.
S1 (07:46):
I love.
S2 (07:47):
It, I.
S1 (07:48):
Love it. Um, there's you mentioned, you just mentioned like
I to be able to support them, to be for
them and to see them. And my mind went into
those times and those spaces where life happens outside of life, university,
outside basketball and outside training and whatnot. But understanding that
(08:10):
their life as athletes is very demanding and a student
athletes even more demanding. Tell me a little bit about
what is the schedule when they're in season? Where are
they usually exposed to? Um, from a training side also
classes and things like that that you know of.
S2 (08:26):
Yeah, I can definitely I can speak from experience, you know,
and that's the blessing about having, you know, having the
opportunity to finish playing. Um, because I have stories to
tell and I'm capable of telling them when they're tired,
you know, of getting off the road like we just
did last night and having to get up and go
to study hall, you know, and assuring, like, you guys
(08:47):
have to go to class, you know, um, preparing them
for the real world, you know, is was huge, you know,
and I am a stickler for, you know, just just discipline,
you know, healthy discipline. You know, um, we keep a schedule,
you know, we stick to the schedule as best as
we can. We know life happens at times, you know? Um,
(09:09):
but once you see structure, you know, and things start
to fall off or you have a bit of adversity,
you know, I take pride in us finding ways to
get back on track. And I try to assure that
they understand that, too, you know? But between study halls,
between strength and conditioning, you know, there's days it's like, man,
I'm tired. You know, there's days we have to push through.
(09:29):
You know, I want them to know what it's like now,
to know, like, I got to feed my family. You know?
I gotta feed myself, you know, importance of health care
and mental health or something. That's huge for me as well. Um,
I got my master's degree in sports psychology, which has
helped me through this transition as well. When, um, helping
push them, you know, through the mental performance side of things. Um,
(09:51):
but yeah, so we try to we try to definitely,
you know, put on them, you know, we try to
keep the calendar for them. I like teaching them about
having calendars and structure. Um, because we're going to need it.
They're going to need it after they leave here. You know,
it's not just basketball and X's and O's for me.
You know, it's genuinely caring about your life, you know,
and teaching you discipline through the process.
S1 (10:12):
So you're definitely setting them up for success. Because I
think that one of the biggest things that a lot
of employers look like, look at and as me as
an employer as well, like, if I know that you
were an athlete, I'm like, I know I want you,
I know I want you because I know that you're disciplined.
I know that you're dedicated. I know that you're hard worker.
I know that you're going to show up and you're
going to get the work done. And that's such a
huge piece that I think that in the past it
(10:34):
wasn't like that. It was more like, oh, they were
an athlete. How were they in school? And I was like, no, no, no.
You were an athlete. And they graduated and they're done. No,
I want them. I see that value. So to have
someone on their on their sidelines pushing them to maintain
that it's only going to be a smoother transition of
more of of course, leaving leaving that student life and
(10:56):
finding that work life. Right. That's already a lot. Right?
But to be able to do it in a structured
manner makes it a lot easier.
S2 (11:04):
Oh yeah, it helps with the transition.
S1 (11:06):
Um.
S2 (11:07):
It's helped me so I know. So, yeah.
S1 (11:10):
Tell me of what you're looking for. Anybody that's interested
in playing for Life University. What are some of those
highlights that things that you're looking at to bring into
the team, bring into the community?
S2 (11:19):
I need, you know, something that's big for me. I
need I look for athletes with grit and I look
for athletes with something we all talk about nowadays. It's
just a dog mentality, you know? Um, and by that,
it's just somebody that's just willing to go to bat
for you. You know, somebody that's getting it done on
and off the court. You know, um, and somebody that,
(11:39):
you know, takes pride in, in, in building this process,
you know, that's something that's been big. You know, when
the women's program is not crazy old, you know, so
being able to have this opportunity to keep peaking, you know,
I need those type of athletes around that trust the process,
you know. Um, I don't think anything worth having is,
(12:00):
you know, we got to work for it, you know?
And I need athletes that want to work for it.
You know, high character athlete is the biggest thing. I
want to know who I'm who I'm managing. You know,
who I'm mentoring for the next several years. You know,
I want to know how's home life? That's a huge
question I ask. That's the biggest question I probably asked first,
you know, because I want to know what gaps we
may need to fill or if not, what gaps you
(12:22):
guys can fill for us, you know? So, um, between
those things, you know, I need, you know, the discipline.
I need athletes that want to sacrifice, you know, um,
you know, winners. Something that's big for me, You know,
like you mentioned, you know, wanting athletes, you know, even
in the professional world, you know, um, I come from
(12:43):
winning programs. So that's something that's big for me, too.
You know, and that transition, um, it helps carry over
because it's contagious, too. It's contagious. Winning is contagious. And
that's on and off the court. You know, um, and
people should want that in their circle. You know, I
want athletes that know that they're going to make mistakes.
You know, I push them, you know, make the mistakes
(13:04):
so I can help fix them. You know, I tell
my athletes that all the time, especially in game, you know,
I was like, practice. I'm like, hey, you guys have
to you got to be okay with messing up. You know, um,
because the process is, you know, is growth. It's constant growth,
you know, and they have to be okay with that too.
S1 (13:20):
I love that. It's I think that's just so dedicated
and and driven and smart because I always tell I
have the opportunity of teaching at the university. And one
of the biggest things that I, that I tell my
students is like, if you're the smartest person in the room,
leave the room. Get out.
S2 (13:37):
Absolutely.
S1 (13:38):
Go learn something. Absolutely. And and with that, I always
tell them. The reason why I'm saying that is because
I know I'm not the smartest. I might be teaching
you this one subject, but I'm learning so much from
each and every one of you, every single day. Right.
And it's such a beautiful thing to kind of remind
them of that all the time, to see the growth,
to say, hey, you made a mistake. Let's okay, let's
(13:59):
go back to square one, then let's give a step
back and fix it and do it and be better
at it. Mhm. Oh thank you so much. It has
been such an amazing conversation. I'm so excited because they
clearly have a beautiful support system on the sidelines. And
as an auntie and as a big sister as all
these different roles. Thank you for coming back to life University. Yeah.
(14:20):
I'm also going to need, um, the plug in for
a top like that, because I've been looking at it
and I'm like, gosh, I love it.
S2 (14:27):
I got.
S1 (14:27):
You. Um, but good luck. Good luck. Are you guys
in season?
S2 (14:30):
Yes, yes. We just literally got off the road late
last night on a four game winning streak. We got
one more nonconference game on Saturday and then we roll
into conference tournament next week. So yeah. So we're excited.
S1 (14:44):
Best of luck. Congratulations. Just be extraordinary and amazing and
keep shining. Thank you. Um, we'll see you. We'll definitely.
If you are interested in attending any of the games,
you can go to their website, correct the athletics website.
Life University. Um, to see the schedule and to see
the calendar. So please, please, please go on. Go support them.
They are doing an extraordinary job and they're working hard, um,
(15:06):
for the university, but also for themselves and for their
ultimate growth. Well, thank you, coach, for being here. Thank
you for having me. Thank you. And we'll see you
guys on the next episode of Living Life. I love you,
bye bye.
Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of Living Life A life. Hugh,
I am your host, Doctor Veronica Garcia, and today I
am joined with Coach Tae. Welcome. How are you?
S2 (00:40):
Thank you. I'm doing well. Thank you for having me.
S1 (00:41):
I'm so excited to have you here because I think
that it goes under the radar sometimes. But no. No
longer under the radar as much. You are the coach
of our women's basketball team who are doing extraordinary, I hear. Yes, yes.
So tell me a little bit about. Let's start. How
long have you been at Life University?
S2 (01:00):
So technically, six years. Um, but I took, uh, during
the Covid year. Um, I actually had my daughter, so
I moved back to California for a couple of years,
so now I am back. I'm fortunate that relationships are huge.
And my ad made a call, and here I am.
Come on back. Yeah, back at it.
S1 (01:21):
I love it. Well, congratulations on your daughter. Thank you.
She is absolutely healthy and great.
S2 (01:25):
Yes, she is growing.
S1 (01:26):
Yeah.
S2 (01:27):
For going on 20. Oh my goodness.
S1 (01:30):
We must interview her.
S2 (01:31):
I'm thinking. Oh she's ready.
S1 (01:34):
Um. And coach say, tell me, were you also a
coach of women's basketball and then come back as coach
of women's?
S2 (01:42):
Yes, ma'am. So I was here coaching as an assistant
coach for three years. So I had a great opportunity
under coach Anthony Maxwell. So he was blessed to give
me another opportunity. So yeah, a great experience with him
just being here. So a huge reason why I'm back
to is what he was able to give back to me.
S1 (02:00):
So that's so important, I love that. A lot of
the times when we have staff and faculty and just
individuals that have worked their life university and they might
leave for whatever reasons they find their way back, I
think that speaks volumes of our institution and our philosophy
and the way that we hey, it's it's a safe space.
You're welcome back. Which is a beautiful thing.
S2 (02:22):
Yes, we love it.
S1 (02:23):
Tell me why. Basketball.
S2 (02:25):
Oh, man. I was just a little girl following after
her big sister. And I love what it was giving
to her. And I was just that younger sister dribbling
around with the basketball, and, you know, it's contagious. She
asked me. It was contagious. So inspiring. So it's a
big reason why I'm in it.
S1 (02:46):
Did you play also through school as well?
S2 (02:49):
Yep. I spent, um, four years playing, um, finished collegiately
as well. Um, but Yep. I finished up my career. Yep.
S1 (02:58):
And tell me about that shift from being on the
court to being on the sidelines to guide a team
on the court.
S2 (03:05):
Man. Man, it wasn't easy. I would say it wasn't easy. Um,
I took a different route than most probably take or
that I would probably encourage people to take. You know,
and I hopped into coaching as soon as I got
done playing. So, um, requires you to grow up a
little faster, um, especially when you're coaching players that were
(03:29):
former teammates of yours. So, um, but I was, you know,
I was, I was it was huge for me because
relationships are big. Yeah. So having those relationships and then
being a point guard, which is a huge piece of leadership. Um,
it helped with the transition. I would definitely say that.
S1 (03:44):
Wow. That's awesome. And it's awesome. And as a former athlete,
it's also very difficult as well to leave the sport.
S2 (03:53):
And.
S1 (03:53):
The transition into something.
S2 (03:56):
Absolutely, absolutely.
S1 (03:57):
But I love that you have found a career within
this passion, you know, dribbling since a young girl and
now still dribbling for awesome women and also inspiring your daughter,
I'm sure. Yeah. Yes, yes. So I'm sure it's it's
it's a full circle. Beautiful paint of your or painting
of your life. Absolutely not. Nice. Tell me about, um,
(04:20):
the philosophy in the in the current team, uh, for
the women's basketball.
S2 (04:25):
And things that are big for me. And a lot
of my players will tell you the foundation of my
coaching philosophy is built off of genuine relationships. Um, and
I would definitely say discipline if anybody can ask. Um,
but when it comes to those relationships, like, I want
to know who I'm, who I'm coaching, you know, sometimes
you get athletes in here for a year, sometimes two
(04:47):
and sometimes four. You're hoping, you know, and you want
to be able to have these relationships with them that
are lasting, you know, um, when it comes to the discipline,
discipline piece. Um, the piece that's big for me, you know,
and I just got done talking to my athletes about,
you know, how important it is, um, to do to
(05:09):
do the right thing when nobody's around, you know, which
is high on, you know, on integrity, you know? Um,
but no, I've been blessed thus far, you know, and
to have great student athletes, you know, um, but yeah,
that's awesome.
S1 (05:24):
That's it's really important to have, you know, like that discipline,
that integrity as an athlete, but also just as a human. Yes, yes.
As a human in general. Um, it's great to, to
have that encouragement also from a coach and a mentor
and a friend as well, because you're so involved into
their lives all the time, you see them a lot
(05:45):
more than their parents most of the time. Absolutely.
S2 (05:48):
We're we're a lot of hats, you know. And you
want to be able to to be that big sister
when needed. That auntie when needed. You know, some of
these athletes, you know, come from backgrounds where they don't
have any. Some only have a dad or a mom.
And being able to be a mixture of all of
those things, you know, with not just myself, just with
my staff, you know, having a male on staff has
(06:10):
been huge for me. You know, being able for them
to to have that uncle, you know, that they may
not have ever known or that big brother, you know, or,
you know, father figure sometimes, you know. So it's been
inspiring for me as well to be able to watch
that transition.
S1 (06:25):
That's awesome I love that. So now that you mentioned
a little bit of other pieces, tell me, how do
we work with our athletic trainers and our nutritionists? And
to make sure that our athletes, that women athletes are
supported and developed and and seen, and being able to
be given all those resources for her to be successful
in the court.
S2 (06:45):
Yeah, I think the biggest thing life University, we have
a lot of different resources. You know, I've come from
institutions where I didn't have a lot of this. You know,
a lot of people laugh at me when I when
I got here because I was like, man, I was
like a kid in a candy store, you know? Um,
but being able to have, you know, athletic trainers that
(07:05):
do genuinely care and, you know, something that's big for
our athletic department, you know, we we thrive off of,
you know, committing ourselves to these athletes, you know, even
if at nights that we're tired, you know, so being
able to see our trainers, you know, and support staff
go the extra mile, extra, you know, loopholes, you know,
to make sure that they're good. You know, I always
like to say I've been talking about it and I
(07:27):
think I see it more that I have a daughter.
You know how much it takes a village, you know,
and we are our own village, you know, and I've
seen a lot of that this year, even with, you know,
the support of my athletes. And, you know, just as
much as, you know, we support them, they've been supporting
us and fueling us as well. So it's a pretty
cool thing to see as well.
S1 (07:46):
I love.
S2 (07:47):
It, I.
S1 (07:48):
Love it. Um, there's you mentioned, you just mentioned like
I to be able to support them, to be for
them and to see them. And my mind went into
those times and those spaces where life happens outside of life, university,
outside basketball and outside training and whatnot. But understanding that
(08:10):
their life as athletes is very demanding and a student
athletes even more demanding. Tell me a little bit about
what is the schedule when they're in season? Where are
they usually exposed to? Um, from a training side also
classes and things like that that you know of.
S2 (08:26):
Yeah, I can definitely I can speak from experience, you know,
and that's the blessing about having, you know, having the
opportunity to finish playing. Um, because I have stories to
tell and I'm capable of telling them when they're tired,
you know, of getting off the road like we just
did last night and having to get up and go
to study hall, you know, and assuring, like, you guys
(08:47):
have to go to class, you know, um, preparing them
for the real world, you know, is was huge, you know,
and I am a stickler for, you know, just just discipline,
you know, healthy discipline. You know, um, we keep a schedule,
you know, we stick to the schedule as best as
we can. We know life happens at times, you know? Um,
(09:09):
but once you see structure, you know, and things start
to fall off or you have a bit of adversity,
you know, I take pride in us finding ways to
get back on track. And I try to assure that
they understand that, too, you know? But between study halls,
between strength and conditioning, you know, there's days it's like, man,
I'm tired. You know, there's days we have to push through.
(09:29):
You know, I want them to know what it's like now,
to know, like, I got to feed my family. You know?
I gotta feed myself, you know, importance of health care
and mental health or something. That's huge for me as well. Um,
I got my master's degree in sports psychology, which has
helped me through this transition as well. When, um, helping
push them, you know, through the mental performance side of things. Um,
(09:51):
but yeah, so we try to we try to definitely,
you know, put on them, you know, we try to
keep the calendar for them. I like teaching them about
having calendars and structure. Um, because we're going to need it.
They're going to need it after they leave here. You know,
it's not just basketball and X's and O's for me.
You know, it's genuinely caring about your life, you know,
and teaching you discipline through the process.
S1 (10:12):
So you're definitely setting them up for success. Because I
think that one of the biggest things that a lot
of employers look like, look at and as me as
an employer as well, like, if I know that you
were an athlete, I'm like, I know I want you,
I know I want you because I know that you're disciplined.
I know that you're dedicated. I know that you're hard worker.
I know that you're going to show up and you're
going to get the work done. And that's such a
huge piece that I think that in the past it
(10:34):
wasn't like that. It was more like, oh, they were
an athlete. How were they in school? And I was like, no, no, no.
You were an athlete. And they graduated and they're done. No,
I want them. I see that value. So to have
someone on their on their sidelines pushing them to maintain
that it's only going to be a smoother transition of
more of of course, leaving leaving that student life and
(10:56):
finding that work life. Right. That's already a lot. Right?
But to be able to do it in a structured
manner makes it a lot easier.
S2 (11:04):
Oh yeah, it helps with the transition.
S1 (11:06):
Um.
S2 (11:07):
It's helped me so I know. So, yeah.
S1 (11:10):
Tell me of what you're looking for. Anybody that's interested
in playing for Life University. What are some of those
highlights that things that you're looking at to bring into
the team, bring into the community?
S2 (11:19):
I need, you know, something that's big for me. I
need I look for athletes with grit and I look
for athletes with something we all talk about nowadays. It's
just a dog mentality, you know? Um, and by that,
it's just somebody that's just willing to go to bat
for you. You know, somebody that's getting it done on
and off the court. You know, um, and somebody that,
(11:39):
you know, takes pride in, in, in building this process,
you know, that's something that's been big. You know, when
the women's program is not crazy old, you know, so
being able to have this opportunity to keep peaking, you know,
I need those type of athletes around that trust the process,
you know. Um, I don't think anything worth having is,
(12:00):
you know, we got to work for it, you know?
And I need athletes that want to work for it.
You know, high character athlete is the biggest thing. I
want to know who I'm who I'm managing. You know,
who I'm mentoring for the next several years. You know,
I want to know how's home life? That's a huge
question I ask. That's the biggest question I probably asked first,
you know, because I want to know what gaps we
may need to fill or if not, what gaps you
(12:22):
guys can fill for us, you know? So, um, between
those things, you know, I need, you know, the discipline.
I need athletes that want to sacrifice, you know, um,
you know, winners. Something that's big for me, You know,
like you mentioned, you know, wanting athletes, you know, even
in the professional world, you know, um, I come from
(12:43):
winning programs. So that's something that's big for me, too.
You know, and that transition, um, it helps carry over
because it's contagious, too. It's contagious. Winning is contagious. And
that's on and off the court. You know, um, and
people should want that in their circle. You know, I
want athletes that know that they're going to make mistakes.
You know, I push them, you know, make the mistakes
(13:04):
so I can help fix them. You know, I tell
my athletes that all the time, especially in game, you know,
I was like, practice. I'm like, hey, you guys have
to you got to be okay with messing up. You know, um,
because the process is, you know, is growth. It's constant growth,
you know, and they have to be okay with that too.
S1 (13:20):
I love that. It's I think that's just so dedicated
and and driven and smart because I always tell I
have the opportunity of teaching at the university. And one
of the biggest things that I, that I tell my
students is like, if you're the smartest person in the room,
leave the room. Get out.
S2 (13:37):
Absolutely.
S1 (13:38):
Go learn something. Absolutely. And and with that, I always
tell them. The reason why I'm saying that is because
I know I'm not the smartest. I might be teaching
you this one subject, but I'm learning so much from
each and every one of you, every single day. Right.
And it's such a beautiful thing to kind of remind
them of that all the time, to see the growth,
to say, hey, you made a mistake. Let's okay, let's
(13:59):
go back to square one, then let's give a step
back and fix it and do it and be better
at it. Mhm. Oh thank you so much. It has
been such an amazing conversation. I'm so excited because they
clearly have a beautiful support system on the sidelines. And
as an auntie and as a big sister as all
these different roles. Thank you for coming back to life University. Yeah.
(14:20):
I'm also going to need, um, the plug in for
a top like that, because I've been looking at it
and I'm like, gosh, I love it.
S2 (14:27):
I got.
S1 (14:27):
You. Um, but good luck. Good luck. Are you guys
in season?
S2 (14:30):
Yes, yes. We just literally got off the road late
last night on a four game winning streak. We got
one more nonconference game on Saturday and then we roll
into conference tournament next week. So yeah. So we're excited.
S1 (14:44):
Best of luck. Congratulations. Just be extraordinary and amazing and
keep shining. Thank you. Um, we'll see you. We'll definitely.
If you are interested in attending any of the games,
you can go to their website, correct the athletics website.
Life University. Um, to see the schedule and to see
the calendar. So please, please, please go on. Go support them.
They are doing an extraordinary job and they're working hard, um,
(15:06):
for the university, but also for themselves and for their
ultimate growth. Well, thank you, coach, for being here. Thank
you for having me. Thank you. And we'll see you
guys on the next episode of Living Life. I love you,
bye bye.
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