That experience was a once-in-a-lifetime situation, not only because I was so young and starting out in my coaching career -- that was the fourth year I had ever coached in any sport -- but it taught me a lot about the game of basketball. It taught me a lot about the business side of basketball, and it also just made me tougher.

Stephanie Ready

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Some people will age out, by that I mean the old regime of men who thought that only men could do these jobs.

Stephanie Ready

Anybody who knows anything about Michael knows that he's in control of what he operates, people think that he doesn't have his hands on the business? Well, they're wrong about that, and there's nothing that happens within the Hornets organization that does not get his stamp of approval, so I feel very confident in knowing that he thinks it's a good idea.

Stephanie Ready

There's always going to be that one knucklehead that just has nothing better to do, i've been really pleased with the support and the encouragement that the NBA and the Hornets fans have expressed, and the one or two people that think that women should stay in the kitchen, well, the world's passing them by.

Stephanie Ready

I can't speak to it exactly, because I've never lived that exact life, but I've been hearing that criticism since I was coaching. There are plenty of examples of head coaches, present and past, that did not play in the NBA -- that did not even play in college, some of them. You work your way up from being a college manager to an NBA head coach, and if you happen to be a man, no one questions that path.

Stephanie Ready

It's the reason why I got into sports broadcasting in the first place, and to finally achieve a goal that you've set from years ago, it just feels tremendous.

Stephanie Ready