"As player:"

* 5× List of NBA Champions/NBA champion

* NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award/NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1986–87 NBA season/1987)

* 5× NBA All-Defensive Team/NBA All-Defensive First Team (1981–82 NBA season/1982, 1983–84 NBA season/1984–1984–85 NBA season/1985, 1987–1987–88 NBA season/1988)

* 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1980–81 NBA season/1981, 1982–83 NBA season/1983, 1985–86 NBA season/1986)

* J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1986)

* 2× First-team All-Western Athletic Conference/WAC (1977–1978)

"As coach:"

* 2× WNBA Finals/WNBA champion (2001 WNBA Finals/2001, 2002 WNBA Finals/2002)

* WNBA Coach of the Year Award/WNBA Coach of the Year (2000 WNBA season/2000)

* List of NBA Development League champions/NBA D–League champion (2006)

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Those of us who have always considered ourselves 'liberal' and 'tolerant' have discovered the prejudices and stereotypes which each of us harbor. This has certainly been a learning experience for us, and we are still learning.

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They've been doing this from Day 1, looking at other people. I think they want a coach with some experience. I know I can coach in this league. 'It's a difficult situation to take over, but I'm thankful for the opportunity.

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Any league is going to do well when it has a professional league behind it.

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We felt that if we got 10 years in, we'll be here (as an established league) and we will be here.

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That was the best the town had at the time.

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I'm working under the assumption that I'm here for this road trip. I don't look any further than that. ... Obviously, (wins) make you stay a little bit longer than (losses).

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I just cold shanked my approach into the trees to the right of the fairway. I was stymied by a tree and had to hit a shot left-handed back into the fairway. From there I chunked a sand wedge that barely made the green. Then I somehow got down in two for a double.

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I'd liked to have played better, and I'd rather have won in the usual 54-hole format, ... But as a friend who has won like this told me, 'They can never take your name off the trophy.'

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Then I started leaking oil all over the place.

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