Oct 14, 2026 · 36 min · 11 segments
What does it take to lead at the highest level when everyone has an opinion about how you should do it? In this special bonus episode of Mind If We Talk?, Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon joins…
Becky HammonGuestSonni WilliamsHostA lotta times when we make these really big decisions, we'll have, like, a gut reaction, a knee-jerk reaction, but we have physical symptoms.
Was there anywhere for you where you were just like, "Ugh, I've made this decision"? Like, how did it feel in your body for you?
Not only was I hoping that the, that, you know, USA would come back around and be like, "Hey," invite me to the camp or whatever.
Now, I didn't realize that in the moment, but it was very agonizing in the sense of when I was growing up, there was no WNBA, and the Olympics was the ultimate.
To be able to play in the Olympics, you know, it's, it's 1984, 1988, and you're hearing Whitney Houston's One Moment in Time, and you're having all these big, fantastic dreams of one day doing that, and then honestly, feeling like I was good enough to be on our team.
It's n- not, not only kinda laying that dream down that I had, um, but also picking up a new one and what that was gonna look like and feel like.
A lotta times when we make these really big decisions, we'll have, like, a gut reaction, a knee-jerk reaction, but we have physical symptoms.
Was there anywhere for you where you were just like, "Ugh, I've made this decision"? Like, how did it feel in your body for you?
Not only was I hoping that the, that, you know, USA would come back around and be like, "Hey," invite me to the camp or whatever.
Now, I didn't realize that in the moment, but it was very agonizing in the sense of when I was growing up, there was no WNBA, and the Olympics was the ultimate.
To be able to play in the Olympics, you know, it's, it's 1984, 1988, and you're hearing Whitney Houston's One Moment in Time, and you're having all these big, fantastic dreams of one day doing that, and then honestly, feeling like I was good enough to be on our team.
It's n- not, not only kinda laying that dream down that I had, um, but also picking up a new one and what that was gonna look like and feel like.
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