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To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.

Lisa Leslie

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Lisa Leslie
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 7
Basketball Player
Gardena
California
Lisa Deshaun Leslie
Sports
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The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we've had is that I'm physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don't know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.
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For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
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I am honored to join the CBS Sports family to inspire, entertain and deliver insight on a platform with amazing women doing what we do best - talk sports. I am excited to have the opportunity to be a part of such a ground-breaking show. Yet we cannot do it alone. We hope to have the support of men and women'
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If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.
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Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it as being an interest for me, but it's really funny because now that I'm in law, I'm like 'Wow, I could be a lawyer
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Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.
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Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader cant just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.
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I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.
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Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
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My success has surpassed my childhood dreams.
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I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.
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I've never proclaimed myself to be a shooter. But I am definitely a scorer.
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I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.
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I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.
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I played on an all-boys team in the 8th grade, but they wouldnt throw me the ball even though I was on their team. One day I stole the ball from my own teammate and I made a basket. From that point on, everyone yelled Give the ball to the girl! I was the only girl on the whole league!
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Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I'm on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that's great.
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I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.
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We are women. We are attractive. We have great bodies. You can't escape that fact, so why not use it to our advantage? If sex sells, I'm all for it.
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I tend not to get too emotional about things.
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