I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.
I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."
I'm definitely not a perfect coach and it's impossible to make everyone satisfied.
I think I'm a harder critic on myself than anybody is. I think I judge myself harder than any of the coaches do.
Within 10 minutes of a WSL game finishing, virtually ever player gets feedback on their performances in terms of England-level requirements.
Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.
You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they say I'm a bad defender.
My grandad and mom would drive me to training all the time, and from then - around seven to eight - coaches were telling me I had something special and needed to stick with it.
I hadn't played that much before, and it was all about practicing with the University of Texas coaches. It's takes some expert to look at me pitching a ball and saying, 'we have to find the mother f**ker in you, boy!'
