Dawn Staley

Right, right.

Right, right.

Yeah, I got diagnosed with pericarditis. Don't ask me, like, how. Sounds delicious. Right? I went to the best doctor in the country, which is at Cleveland Clinic. He told me that I need to sit down and... Have a coffee, he said. Sit down, have a coffee. And my coaching, this is... We got a great team. We got an opportunity to win a national championship.

Yeah, I got diagnosed with pericarditis. Don't ask me, like, how. Sounds delicious. Right? I went to the best doctor in the country, which is at Cleveland Clinic. He told me that I need to sit down and... Have a coffee, he said. Sit down, have a coffee. And my coaching, this is... We got a great team. We got an opportunity to win a national championship.

He was like, if you don't sit down and just have a cup of coffee, you're going to need open-heart surgery. Yeah, so I was like... okay, but let me see if I can do this. I couldn't get my heart rate up because pericarditis is just the inflammation of the lining of your heart. So even when it pumps fast, it's knocking against the inflammation. It never heals.

He was like, if you don't sit down and just have a cup of coffee, you're going to need open-heart surgery. Yeah, so I was like... okay, but let me see if I can do this. I couldn't get my heart rate up because pericarditis is just the inflammation of the lining of your heart. So even when it pumps fast, it's knocking against the inflammation. It never heals.

I thought he was nuts, though. Like, I don't think he really understood, you know, what. And then he saw me coach.

I thought he was nuts, though. Like, I don't think he really understood, you know, what. And then he saw me coach.

Right.

Right.

And then he's like, oh, I saw you out there coaching, and that's probably something that you shouldn't be doing. Sure. And then I said, we're going to be tranquil after the season. So after the season, I got better. And then I started doing yoga, and then it went, I healed quicker than normal.

And then he's like, oh, I saw you out there coaching, and that's probably something that you shouldn't be doing. Sure. And then I said, we're going to be tranquil after the season. So after the season, I got better. And then I started doing yoga, and then it went, I healed quicker than normal.

Yes. And no open heart surgery. Yes. Okay.

Yes. And no open heart surgery. Yes. Okay.