How Natalie Nakase believed in herself to become a WNBA head coach

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Natalie Nakase beat the sunrise.
It’s not because she couldn’t sleep. It’s not because she didn’t have time to rest on this March morning. After all, the start of the WNBA season was two months away. And, yet, Nakase was tormenting herself – waking up at 5 a.m. one morning, and going to bed after midnight the next evening.
“I’m training myself,” she says, “to sustain positive energy and mental focus through exhaustion