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Will win.

Grace will win. Humility will win, and kindness

will win.

I stand by them. I will always stand by them.

Everybody else can go to hell.

Um, this is more for an online community

that's cryin-

trying to create narratives that simply don't

exist,

trying to create a fabrication or distortion of who I am,

of what I'm about.

Our players' success,

our players' health and wellness, our players' safety

is always a top priority for

me. One of the things I pride myself on is my relationships with

players. For those who have anything to say about

the play in the last game, I didn't see the play in real time.

I went straight to a press conference. I thought the play got called right.

Thankfully, Sophie's okay.

Was it egregious? Absolutely. When you have a chance to watch that

over and over and over on replay,

you can see that. I didn't have that in real time.

Were there any spit-

I take personally-

Sorry

...

any suggestions that I don't 100% always have my players' back.

I ride with them 10 toes down all the time. All the time.

They know that.

It's a shame that we can't have an opportunity to talk about what great

basketball they're playing

because they are fucking playing.

The reality is, with me,

I will always lead with love,

I will always lead with grace,

I will always lead with humility, and I will always lead with integrity.

Doesn't mean I'll always get it right.

I'm also human.

The hate, the fearmongering, the divisiveness, the stuff that's

trying to hijack our league will not win.

It won't win.

We are united. We are connected.

We will not be divided.

Every day, these women put their ass on the line.

Every day.

When they go low, we go high. Love will win.

Grace will win. Humility will win, and

kindness will win.

I stand by them. I will always stand by them.

Everybody else can go to hell.