Associate Head Coach - Florida Atlantic University - Go Owls 🏝️☀️👌
Erie, PA
Joined April 2011
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Brooklyn Kohlheim retweeted
“There are standards here. There’s a way that we play.”
Cooper Pratt credits Sal Frelick, Christian Yelich, and Brice Turang for helping guide him through his rookie season. 💛
“Winning would obviously also be a version of success,” Burton said. “But at the end of the day, it’s how you do it. How you go about it. How you bring people up. The relationships that you make. I think that’s more my version of success than anything else.”
Veronica Burton doesn't lead the Valkyries in scoring, but she's become the heart and soul of the team.
From clutch shots to relentless defense, Burton's selfless leadership has helped bring Golden State within one win of a WNBA championship.
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Brooklyn Kohlheim retweeted
Gabby Williams on her huddle talk after Game 3
"I’ve been a little bit too loose as a leader …bit too much of it's alright, we'll figure it out. We’re good" so I just wanted to show my team something different...get out my comfort zone and try to remotivate"
"We're here to win or die," Nakase told ESPN
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Brooklyn Kohlheim retweeted
Say it again: “It feels scary because it’s unfamiliar, not because I’m incapable.”
“She makes sure she is whatever that person needs." - Brionna Jones
Bonner, Boca and bonding
Inside the DeWanna Bonner signing and team trip to Boca that helped lift the Atlanta Dream to the WNBA Finals
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“It signals respect, it’s a way of saying what is happening right now is important enough for me to capture it. It also sends us a message that this is what we do — we pay attention and we try to get smarter and more thoughtful.”
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“Forget mistakes, forget failures, forget everything, except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.” - Will Durant
A genuine understanding of two confident and passionate people realizing they are the same type of competitors.
“Win the ten second conversations.” - Joe Mazzulla
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Brooklyn Kohlheim retweeted
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau
“When you get poured into, when you get treated like a professional, when people and your teammates believe in you, then you can see the difference. Her standing and believing in herself, not giving it up, it’s a testament to her and who she is.” - Tiffany Hayes said of Burton.
"I didn’t even know the Golden State Valkyries were going to be a thing," Veronica Burton said, "and here I am."
A castoff became one of the WNBA’s most valuable assets because she got the chance, and loosened her grip.
@TheAthletic story, free to read:
nytimes.com/athletic/7649300…
Great reminder to do whatever it is that you’re passionate about and you’ll never work a day in your life.
