Chicago Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon gave a phenomenal answer about how she connects her previous experience as a WNBA player to coaching, and her words will make you want to run through a wall.
In a newly released clip, Maya Goldberg-Safir of Southside Weekly reminisced about watching Weatherspoon as a child and inferred that it’s somewhat trippy and awe-inspiring to see her coaching now.
Weatherspoon joked that Maya was trying to say something about her age before saying that it meant a lot for Goldberg-Safir to ask her about her experiences. Here’s the amazing message she shared with those in the room:
“When you experience something in life, and as much as I’ve experienced in the game of basketball, the beautiful part of it for me is to give back. You don’t experience things to keep. You experience it to give it back. It’s emotional for me sometimes when I think about it because a group of young women — they’re under my leadership.”
“And…my duty…is to make sure that they are the best version of themselves — that they live the life they want to live of this game of basketball, but most importantly, what they do off the floor. It’s not all about the X’s and the O’s for me.”
“It’s about the relationship with them…and this is the beautiful part for me…to be able to help influence their lives to be greater even in the game of basketball.”
after the @chicagosky game today i asked teresa weatherspoon a question and her response was everything sacred about women’s basketball and beyond. #wnba community continues to be life-changing in the most surprising ways pic.twitter.com/qh37p9bzuB
— this is chennedy carters world (@maya_gee_ess) June 24, 2024
