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Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
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When I set a goal, I work hard to achieve it.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Achieve
Goal
Hard Work
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My success has surpassed my childhood dreams.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Dream
Childhood
Childhood Dreams
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I tend not to get too emotional about things.
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I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Men
Sports
He Man
Meet
Taller
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I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.
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Girl
Sports
Play
Play Hard
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I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Humorous
Strong
Tough
Still
Wear
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To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Amazing
Sports
Leslie
Lord
Feel
Thing
Amazing Thing
Presence
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I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Basketball
Educated
Educated Person
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Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Achieving
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I still believe I'm the best player. That's what keeps me going.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Believe
Player
Stills
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It's really not about the money. It's just about educating yourself.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Educating
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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 really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Models
Role Models
Roles
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I like playing against guys because of their athleticism and understanding of the game.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Games
Guy
Understanding
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If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Play
Role Models
Would Be
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Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Volleyball
Work
Age
Sports
Winning
Work Ethic
Everyone
Never
Old
Ethic
Gets
Talks
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For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Positive
Mom
Sports
Beautiful
Beautiful Person
Most Beautiful
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Sports
Basketball
Names
Aspects
Attached
Sport
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I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Feminine
Women Great Always
Promoted
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Kids
Basketball
Thinking
Play Basketball
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Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'Cool, that's something I want to do.'
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Blonde
Legally
Recently
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Sex
Use
Why Not
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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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Quality
Able
Leader
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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 can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Quality
Able
Good Leader
Leader
Time Good See
Time Good Quality
Being
First
Follow
Just Be
Well
See
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Sports
Average
Bones
Maintaining
Weight
Good Me Woman
Muscle
Maintain
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Girl
Sports
Boys
Desire
Fathom
Boy
Dunk
Jump
Seemed
Tendency
Truly
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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
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Class
Law
Wow
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Funny
Class
Law
Wow
Actually
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You just don't want to get pigeon-holed into one position. That's why even though I start out at center, I may play small forward, if I get a rebound and you're not there I can bring the ball up.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Rebound
Center
Pigeon-Holed
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Dunking is something guys care more about than girls, There's something about jumping that seems to fascinate guys. Girls are more, like, 'As long as the ball goes in, who cares how you got it there?'
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Girl
Guy
Jumping
Long
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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
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Sports
Sunday
Thinking
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Church
Sunday
Turning
Every Sunday
Grown
Supposed
Turning Point
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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 / Basketball Player
Girl
Sports
Compliment
Court
Femininity
Maintaining
Thinking
Great Sports Me
Model
Little Girls
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Mom
Sports
Court
Feminine
Peer Pressure
Pressure
Proud
Thinking
Mom I Am Me
Mom Me I Am
Folded
Peer
Stick
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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
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Sports
Grateful
Thinking
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Thankful
Appreciate
Fans
Grateful
Talent
Wnba
Voted
Aware
Definitely
Says
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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.
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Basketball
Games
Loss
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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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Girl
Boys
Team
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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'
Lisa Leslie / Basketball Player
Opportunity
Men
Sports
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