Lisa Leslie quotes

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever. (Lisa Leslie)
To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing. View quote
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I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet. View quote
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Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old. View quote
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I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball. View quote
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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. View quote
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Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Lisa Leslie)
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. View quote
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When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why. View quote
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I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it. View quote
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There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful. View quote
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Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle. View quote
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