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Sue Bird
American
Athlete
Born:
Oct 16
,
1980
Basketball
Me
Myself
People
Think
You
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We're going to have a moment. It's coming: just that breakthrough that's going to give us a cool factor, and more people will want to be a part of it. Because that, to me, is the only thing we're lacking - that social thing: 'It's cool to go to a WNBA game.'
Sue Bird
Me
Game
People
Will
Give
More
Only
More People
Factor
Part
Because
Coming
Go
Going
Lacking
Just
Want
The Only Thing
Breakthrough
Social
Us
Moment
Cool
Thing
Basketball is a short period of time, and you've got to take advantage of it.
Sue Bird
Time
You
Take Advantage
Take
Advantage
Period
Got
Short
Short Period
Basketball
You can control what you put in your body, how you take care of yourself, how much you work. You have to control what you can.
Sue Bird
Work
You
Yourself
Care
Control
Take
Take Care
Put
How
How Much
Much
Body
Your
Your Body
I love sneakers. My storage room is 75 percent sneakers.
Sue Bird
Love
Percent
Sneakers
Storage
Room
There was no professional basketball for me in the United States when I was in grade school and middle school. I could look to the Olympics and college basketball, but that was only on TV for the Final Four.
Sue Bird
Me
School
College
Final
States
TV
Only
Could
Look
Grade
Grade School
Middle
Middle School
Professional
United
United States
Four
Basketball
Olympics
Obviously, talent speaks for itself, so, yeah, you got to go in there, and you got to play well. You got to play your game, but that's kind of the easy part in some ways.
Sue Bird
You
Game
Ways
Kind
Easy
Some
Part
Talent
Obviously
Well
Got
Yeah
Go
Itself
Your
Speaks
Play
That's how the WNBA is a lot of times. It's being in the right place at the right time and fulfilling a role. All of us in some way, shape, or form are role players. We have to do what our teams need of us.
Sue Bird
Time
Right Place
Our
Right Time
Way
Some
Shape
How
Lot
Times
Role
Being
Form
Place
Us
Fulfilling
Teams
Right
Players
Need
Be kind. Be nice to yourself. You miss a shot, it's OK.
Sue Bird
You
Yourself
Be Kind
Be Nice
Nice
OK
Kind
Miss
Shot
I've become really strict in a lot of ways, but I'm also very lenient. I'm kind to myself.
Sue Bird
Myself
Strict
Become
Ways
Kind
Also
Lot
Very
Lenient
Really
When you're losing, and you're losing again, and you're losing 3... 4... 5 games in a row, it can be frustrating.
Sue Bird
You
Losing
Again
Frustrating
Games
Row
Going to Jerusalem was an amazing experience... I spent most of my time in Tel Aviv. Gorgeous.
Sue Bird
Time
Experience
Gorgeous
Amazing
Spent
My Time
Most
Amazing Experience
Going
Jerusalem
I'm a worrier, an overthinker, and - if it's your type of thing - a 3x WNBA champion.
Sue Bird
Champion
Type
Your
Thing
I kinda always felt like I am out, for all intents and purposes. So I always came from the standpoint of, 'Why does writing it in an article or saying it in an article make me gay?' That doesn't make me gay or not. I'm living my life. I'm not lying; I don't hide it.
Sue Bird
Life
Saying
Me
Gay
Writing
Hide
My Life
Living
Lying
Out
Kinda
Purposes
Like
Make
Felt
Does
Always
Am
Came
Article
Standpoint
Why
You kinda say, 'Well, straight people don't have to come out.' I understand now that's not necessarily the right way to look at it.
Sue Bird
You
People
Way
Right Way
Say
Out
Kinda
Come
Look
Well
Understand
Straight
Straight People
Now
Right
Necessarily
I think just by the nature of getting older, I hope that I'm a smarter basketball player than I was at 23.
Sue Bird
Hope
Nature
Getting Older
Older
Think
Smarter
Than
Getting
Just
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we're on television. It makes a difference. It's shows what's possible.
Sue Bird
People
Young
Television
Possible
League
Look
Emulate
Makes
Up
Pro
Difference
Shows
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
All of the teams in this league that have won multiple championships, they didn't come out the gate winning. Sometimes you have to take those hits to understand what it takes to win.
Sue Bird
You
Win
Sometimes
Those
Out
Winning
Take
Takes
League
Come
Understand
Won
Hits
Teams
Multiple
Championships
Gate
At some high schools, you're the star player, and everything revolves around you.
Sue Bird
You
Everything
High
Some
High Schools
Schools
Around
Revolves
Star
Player
Whenever you go up 2-0, you understand that teams are going to be desperate.
Sue Bird
You
Desperate
Understand
Go
Up
Going
Whenever
Teams
I love Russia.
Sue Bird
Love
Russia
I don't really see myself as a sneakerhead. I think I'm someone that likes to have a nice pair of shoes on when they're playing.
Sue Bird
Myself
Shoes
Nice
Think
See
Someone
Likes
Really
Pair
Playing
I actually don't consider myself that private. I know that's how I've been characterized. That's OK.
Sue Bird
Myself
Consider
OK
Characterized
Know
How
Private
Been
Actually
'The Body Issue' is celebrating athletes' bodies, different sizes, different shapes... For me it's a celebration, and it's an honor to be in it.
Sue Bird
Me
Honor
Athletes
Shapes
Issue
Celebrating
Celebration
Different
Sizes
Bodies
Body
Different Shapes
For a lot of players, it's not that they don't want to play anymore or that they get tired of it or bored of it. It's that their bodies give out.
Sue Bird
Tired
Out
Bored
Give
Lot
Get
Want
Anymore
Bodies
Play
Players
Seattle is my home.
Sue Bird
Home
Seattle
Be a gunner? Me? I don't think I can do it. But I'll go for whatever the assist record is.
Sue Bird
Me
Whatever
Think
Record
Go
Assist
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