THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING GREAT

I really believe that your teams best player, and how that player is coached, is critically important to the success of your team.

Coach Don Meyer has told me more than once "when your best player is your hardest worker you've got a chance." I would also add that when you best player is your most coachable you are in business.

At LSU, we've been blessed with some special players. They were great players but they were also our team's most dedicated players and all were extremely coachable. Among that group are five Final Fours, 3 SEC Championships -- while all are competing in the WNBA with Seimone and Sylvia owners of Olympic Gold. Those women got it -- they understand what it took to be GREAT...not good, but great.

Every team has a best player. Some of these “best players” understand the responsibility that goes with that and others don’t. We have found that those who do have two things in common:

..... --they have earned this designation (not just been given it)

..... --they understand it’s an everyday responsibility

(Thanks Coach Starkey)