Candace Parker Quotes

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.

We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

Sam is there, Sam has been playing well, he has been doing great in camp.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

To be successful in anything, you have to have a passion for it, and that leads to being enthusiastic and demanding. I didn't have it for history. So I wouldn't have been a good teacher in that area. But I had it for basketball. And that's what coaching is at every level: it's about teaching.

I love to play football, and when I come on the pitch, I want to do my best to help the team. It's up to the coach the position I play.

I have a great deal of respect for Coach Fitch. When we won the championship in '81, he was the main reason why we won. We were down and he never let us doubt ourselves.

At Juve you always have to go onto the field ready to give your best.

My mentality is I have to be better for my teammates.

I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.

I admire Luis Enrique's desire to work and improve.

If I don't start, I'd like to try to win Sixth Man of the Year. And whenever I'm on the court, I'm just going to give it my all.

I just go out there every game and try to be the best I can be for our team.

I love being an All-Star and continue to want to be an All-Star because that just shows you my talent and who I am. But I've always been a team player.

I want to help my team win, and this is a winning organization, so there's no added pressure.

What a footballer wants above all else is to win, regardless of who the coach is.

All I can do is work hard, prepare the players properly, give them everything I've got and they give me everything they've got.

I never question a guy that wants to win, especially on my own team.

The team's success always came first for me.

Within the girl's game, you have to be motivated to be part of this sport.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

I always wanted to captain the teams I played in.