Dawn Staley on Knowing (and Demanding) Your Worth

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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422. Dawn Staley on Knowing (and Demanding) Your Worth Legendary coach and three-time Olympic gold medalist Dawn Staley joins us to talk about what it means to lead—with heart, grit, and unapologetic honesty. She shares: -The one lesson from her mother that shaped her entire coaching philosophy -How she stood up to her university and negotiated equal pay -What losing (and winning) has taught her about grace and dominance -The surprising toll of achieving your lifelong dreams -And how her North Philly roots continue to guide everything she does We also dive into her new book, Uncommon Favor, and why socks, smashed dishes, and LA Fitness-level gym disparities all make an appearance in her story. This is one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had about integrity, visibility, and becoming the coach of your own life. About Dawn: Dawn Staley is the NCAA National Championship–winning head coach of the University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball team, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Her new memoir Uncommon Favor is available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we have coach Don Staley.
0:15.3	Oh my God, as everyone on the planet knows,
0:18.1	Don Staley is the NCAA National Championship winning head coach of the
0:23.3	University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, a three-time Olympic gold medalist,
0:29.8	and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. She is from North Philly,
0:35.3	which means she can do anything. Her new book, Uncommon Favor, Basketball, North Philly, which means she can do anything.
0:38.3	Her new book, Uncommon Favor, Basketball, North Philly,
0:41.9	My Mother and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three is available now.
0:46.8	Welcome, Coach.
0:48.8	Okay, but I'm going to get a lot of street credit for coming on your show.
0:51.7	Like, it's up.
0:53.5	It's up. It's up. My friends, it's up.
0:57.5	Yes. We feel the exact same way about you coming on our show. That's exactly right.
1:02.0	Okay, so, Don, we have a lot in common. And one of the things that I was struck by is being the youngest of a big family, your attachment to maybe
1:17.1	socks for me, socks are still to this day, probably my most prize possession because it was
1:24.9	like hit or miss if you got two of the same socks growing up.
1:28.0	It was like hunger games, but socks were the prize.
1:31.5	Okay.
1:32.2	So I must know, as you are also the youngest of a big family, what is your relationship with socks now?
1:40.1	I have to know.
1:41.7	You know what?
1:43.8	I very rarely wear socks.
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