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溏心vlog免费B站 women鈥檚 basketball coach Tammi Reiss on the mentor who made the difference, what turns individuals into teammates, and why she came to 溏心vlog免费B站.

Last year, Tammi Reiss led 溏心vlog免费B站 women鈥檚 basketball to its first conference title.
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On Giving 110 Percent

When I was in the fifth grade, a teacher, Paul Tylawsky鈥攚e called him Mr. T鈥攕aw me playing basketball at recess, and he started teaching me things. He鈥檚 6-foot-7 and played semi-pro ball for the Boston Celtics. I loved it. So, I get to sixth grade, and he鈥檚 my teacher. That first day I鈥檝e got my ball with me; I鈥檓 ready to go to recess, and I say, 鈥淥K, Mr. T, let鈥檚 go train.鈥� He says, 鈥淚鈥檒l train you, and you鈥檒l make a pact with me. You鈥檙e a B student, and that鈥檚 not good enough. You get straight-A鈥檚 and I鈥檒l train you every day.鈥�

Then he takes my ball, throws it in the closet, locks it. That first marking period,
I get straight-A-pluses down the board. He opens up that closet, pulls the ball out, and from that day on, he trains me. I graduated valedictorian of my high school. He trained me my whole career through high school, college, and when I was in the WNBA. Mr. T taught me that with everything you do, you give 110 percent.

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This isn鈥檛 a uniform, cookie-cutter kind of university and neither is the team that we鈥檝e assembled here. We have a diverse culture here, kids from different countries, religions, sexualities, political groups: It鈥檚 all embraced in an environment that supports individuality. I believe in that. You do, however, have to balance your individual beliefs with respect for the person next to you. So, how do we form a bond in an environment where a lot of us think and act differently? That鈥檚 where coaching comes in. You have to have communication and understanding. To have a conversation and not a fight: That鈥檚 how you build a team and get them very tight before you go to battle. My biggest challenge is to bond us together because if you鈥檙e not bonded, then as soon as adversity hits, you splinter and break. I need to get us to a place where we鈥檒l go to war for each other. That鈥檚 what true teams do. They form bonds.

Feeding Your Why

For me, success is the accomplishment of an aim, of purpose. I came to 溏心vlog免费B站 because I wanted to be in a place where I could feed my why; that is, to mentor these young women to help them reach their dreams. Every day I am teaching my student-athletes how to become champions鈥攊n their behavior. My staff and I want to build that culture, to make them believe they are champions before they become champions.

鈥揗arybeth Reilly-McGreen

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