Dawn Staley: "Women have the Strength of 10 men..."

USA Today

Staley's repy when asked about Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell's return to the court Monday just days after giving birth to her first child.

She also praised Caldwell's coaching style...

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"When you have a coach that really wants to hang another banner, it comes as a sacrifice," Staley said of Caldwell's quick return. "She probably better woman than me, I don't know if I could be detached from my little one for that long, but she's got great help, and she wanted to be here with her team."

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The Vols still lost to the Lady cocks 70-63 after trailing by as much as 18.

Of course, what Caldwell did pales to Pat Summitt did when she went on a recruiting trip two weeks before the due date of her first chlid. On the way to see Top recruit Michelle Marciniak, Summitt's water broke mid-flight. Undeterred, Summitt soldered on and finished the recruiting trip despite contractions and labor pains. On the return flight, "her contractions were so severe. In mid-flight, Brabson recalls that Summitt was laying on the floor of the plane when the pilots decided they would make an emergency landing somewhere in Virginia." Summitt protested and made a safe return to Knoxville where her son Tyler was born.

https://www.wvlt.tv/

Like her or not, you have to respect Coach Summitt for that one... bow: