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SLAM: What are some specific examples of how Coach Auriemma helped you?
DT: For the last 12 years of my life, no one has had a greater impact on me. When I first got to UConn as a freshman, I was kind of a head. Actually, not kind of—I was a head, and Coach let me know about it every day. Things like how to work hard, what dedication is, what it meant to be a great teammate and how to win, those are things that he taught me. Freshman year, I probably spent more practice time on the side on the bike than I did on the court. I always wanted to do things my way, and he let me know that we were going to do things his way, which, at that point, was something that I didn’t understand. He taught me at a very early stage in my career that you always put the team first no matter what, which was a lesson that I—and that a lot of young players—need.
SLAM: Changing subjects, I’m curious about how you react when you hear people criticize women’s basketball, and specifically, the WNBA.
DT: If you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch it or on it. I don’t like country music, but I don’t go around on that.
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DT: For the last 12 years of my life, no one has had a greater impact on me. When I first got to UConn as a freshman, I was kind of a head. Actually, not kind of—I was a head, and Coach let me know about it every day. Things like how to work hard, what dedication is, what it meant to be a great teammate and how to win, those are things that he taught me. Freshman year, I probably spent more practice time on the side on the bike than I did on the court. I always wanted to do things my way, and he let me know that we were going to do things his way, which, at that point, was something that I didn’t understand. He taught me at a very early stage in my career that you always put the team first no matter what, which was a lesson that I—and that a lot of young players—need.
SLAM: Changing subjects, I’m curious about how you react when you hear people criticize women’s basketball, and specifically, the WNBA.
DT: If you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch it or on it. I don’t like country music, but I don’t go around on that.
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