Lisa Leslie Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• 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

  Sports, Mom, Thinking

• 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

  Girl, Sports, Thinking

• 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

  Girl, Sports, Boys

• For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

  Lisa Leslie

  Beautiful, Sports, Mom

• I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Men, He Man

• 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

  Sports, Average, Weight

• Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Volleyball, Winning

• 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

  Sports, Grateful, Thinking

• 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, Sports, Names

• 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

  Sports, Sunday, Thinking

• 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

  Sports, Opportunity, Men

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

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Lord, Leslie

• I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.

  Lisa Leslie

  Girl, Sports, Play Hard

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