He probably sees me running around guys all of the time, and you just have to make a statement for yourself.

"I've spent a lot of my time around very tough guys."

What's a coach who spent nearly 40 years around sweaty guys to do?

"Rather than try to run around guys, I should be trying to run through them," he said.

But I'd never been around professional bad guys that were this professional.

You've got to up your level of play because you're around guys who know how to win.

"Now she'll get on me for being around you guys."

I honestly think it's made me a better player being around guys like that.

She finds some of them funny, "but I hung around guys all my life."

He'd been working around guys like that for years.