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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lia Beck

WNBA Players Rickea Jackson and Kiki Iriafen on the Mental Prep That Powers Their Game

A photo of Nikki Ogunnaike with inset photos of Kiki Iriafen and Rickea Jackson and text reading Money. Power. Style. Nice Talk with Nikki Ogunnaike.

Professional sports aren't just about being able to make a basket, score a goal, or serve a ball—everyone you're competing against can do that. Especially at the highest level, sports are a mental game. WNBA players—and Skechers ambassadors—Rickea Jackson and Kiki Iriafen agree that being in the right mental space is one of the most important factors when comes to success on the court.

On the latest episode of "Nice Talk," Jackson tells Marie Claire editor-in-chief Nikki Ogunnaike that, for her, basketball is "a larger percentage mental than it is physical."

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