I was talking with some other coaches in the league and some former coaches the last two days. You remember all the people that you came in contact with. “At the end of the day, you don’t remember the wins and losses. I think that the league in general has grown up a lot and I would like to think that I had a part in that somehow and be remembered for that. “I think the other part of it for me, because I’ve been in the league for 20 years, I would like to think that over the course of 20 years, I’ve somehow helped grow the league and women’s basketball by what we’ve done, by whatever example we’ve been able to set. It’s part of our culture, we talk about it with our team constantly - about being great teammates and learning to become great leaders on their own. “What I would like is for our own players to feel like when they’ve walked away from this, they are better players and better adults, better human beings for being a part of this experience. “I’ve never cared whether I got known as the winningest coach,” he said. When Thibault addressed the media on Wednesday after announcing his retirement from coaching - though not from being the Mystics’ general manager - he, still, wasn’t concerned with his legacy, at least not when it came to winning and losing. Mike Thibault sees opportunity to turn Washington Mystics into ‘elite franchise’
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