I didn't want to just be an analyst for women's basketball and volleyball. I didn't just want to be a sideline reporter. I didn't just want to be a host. I wanted to be someone that my producers or coordinating producers could call on me for any event, any subject matter or any role.
When we launched the SEC Network, I think I cried.
I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys.
I think when I got into broadcasting I told myself, 'I don't ever want to be pigeonholed as one thing.'
You can't believe how different your life can be until you've immersed yourself in faith or given your life up to Christ or decided you have a higher power you want to follow.
For me, I want everything to be easy, breezy, and everyone to have a blast. And I feel like those are all the things that happened regardless of whether or not it was the perfect color scheme or the flower arrangement was this and that.
I've been yelled at by coaches since I was 12 years old playing AAU basketball.
I understand that at times coaches get heated, and there are things they don't really want to talk about. As a sideline reporter, you're in the line of fire, and I just got lit up once. And that's fine.
I know how great Alabama is. I know how great Coach Nick Saban is, and I enjoy being around his program. I will continue to enjoy being around his program.
I remember when I used to go to coaches' meetings and stuff like that and I would never say anything - I would just sit in a corner and sometimes coaches wouldn't even shake my hand.
I've learned to recognize that I'm in certain rooms for a reason, and I've learned - if I have an opinion or something I want to say - to say those things and not feel afraid about it.
I think it's so important as a woman, and especially as a minority, to lift as you climb. So having people shadow you or mentoring people - that's important to me.
The best thing that you can do to break down any of the barriers that women face in sports is to be over prepared - know your value, but also know the subject matter that you're covering.
As difficult as it was to break off the wedding, we wanted to be in a better place together - especially when you go through a life-changing event like a wedding.
From the beginning, I knew I wanted a beach wedding so I'm thankful looking back that this is how everything turned out.
You always knew there was love, but marriage adds this layer of security. We're going through our life together, forever.
I think NBA fans are some of the smartest you'll ever come around. They are very invested.
You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you'll get called out on it.
No one cares about anything until it's something that goes viral. It's most certainly frustrating.
But as a reporter, that's how you know you're doing a good job - when no one's talking about you. And something has gone wrong if they are.
