Lisa Leslie
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Deshaun Leslieis an American former professional women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed a superb career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009. Leslie, a 6'5" center,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 July 1972
CityGardena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I always knew I wanted to be in television when I was a kid, and I knew I wanted to model.
I want to thank God for giving me this opportunity and also my teammates from the West side for giving me the ball.
I would like to probably have my own business. I haven't decided in what areas - maybe a spa. I like a day spa, something like that. Always giving back to women. Or big shoes because there's a huge market there. People have big feet now. Start at maybe size 10 and end at 15 with some really nice, fashionable shoes.
I think this is an awesome opportunity for us as athletes to help and give back to the hurricane victims. Money is just what they need to get back on their feet right now, and that is why we are here.
I love cheesecake and whipped cream. Those are my two downfalls.
Overall, do we have a good team? Yeah. Are we all on the same page at all times? Absolutely not. It's just a matter of trying to pull it together, trying to get chemistry. That's something that I just really feel that we lack.
As a role model for young girls and women, I just encourage them to continue their education and set their goals. And for me, mine are just really high and I just happen to be a professional basketball player but I really am a stickler for my goals and I wanted to get my Master's.
I think Vanna does have to worry about me replacing her, ... Some of the letters are hard to reach. She is 5-6 and I am 6-5, though one of the letters was a little low for me, so maybe I have to keep her on as my back-up.
I'll still be in school in-season. It's a big challenge for me, but I've learned so much already from just the business side of the Sparks organization as well as the WNBA organization.
I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.
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.
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.
Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.
I've never proclaimed myself to be a shooter. But I am definitely a scorer.