Athletes can empower not only themselves but others in sports and in life.
Retired WNBA coach Dan Hughes was the keynote speaker for Bluffton University's annual Athletic Awards Forum. Hughes was head coach of the Seattle Storm when they won the WNBA championship in 2018. He was also an assistant coach for the USA's gold-winning women's basketball team in this past summer's Olympics in Tokyo. Hughes shares his thoughts about how the students can empower themselves, and the people and communities around them.
“You need to use athletics to make your life better,” says Dan Hughes, former WNBA Coach. “If you use your athletics as just an end-all in the sports you are in, and it’s all about that, you're missing what I think is the real secret of athletics. Athletics can make your life better. The lessons you learn, the relationships you form, the people that you meet and are influenced by. If you use those things, it makes your life better, that is the real key.”
Bluffton University also recognized their top student-athletes during the forum.
