Dame Wilburn

That's good. So I don't know if you can tell it by looking at me, but I'm not necessarily an athlete. Now... If you back up to when I was in ninth grade, I was actually, if you can believe it, less athletic than I am now. My mother and I didn't really see eye to eye on a lot of things, and two of them happened to be the two things she was good at, which was school and basketball.

That's good. So I don't know if you can tell it by looking at me, but I'm not necessarily an athlete. Now... If you back up to when I was in ninth grade, I was actually, if you can believe it, less athletic than I am now. My mother and I didn't really see eye to eye on a lot of things, and two of them happened to be the two things she was good at, which was school and basketball.

That's good. So I don't know if you can tell it by looking at me, but I'm not necessarily an athlete. Now... If you back up to when I was in ninth grade, I was actually, if you can believe it, less athletic than I am now. My mother and I didn't really see eye to eye on a lot of things, and two of them happened to be the two things she was good at, which was school and basketball.

And I was terrible at school and anything that required movement. My school was a Detroit Waldorf school and they were trying to figure out how to assimilate us into the general population because they were getting ready to close the high school down and we had been an enclave to ourselves for a long time. So for whatever reason, Waldorf decided to form a girls basketball team. Now,

And I was terrible at school and anything that required movement. My school was a Detroit Waldorf school and they were trying to figure out how to assimilate us into the general population because they were getting ready to close the high school down and we had been an enclave to ourselves for a long time. So for whatever reason, Waldorf decided to form a girls basketball team. Now,

And I was terrible at school and anything that required movement. My school was a Detroit Waldorf school and they were trying to figure out how to assimilate us into the general population because they were getting ready to close the high school down and we had been an enclave to ourselves for a long time. So for whatever reason, Waldorf decided to form a girls basketball team. Now,

I didn't want to be on the basketball team. I just figured that I wasn't going to get A's in school, and I wasn't going to do homework ever. So maybe this was just another way of getting on my mother's good side. Now, what I planned to do was ride the pine. Like, I was going to join and get a uniform and then sit down. And then never... get on the court ever.

I didn't want to be on the basketball team. I just figured that I wasn't going to get A's in school, and I wasn't going to do homework ever. So maybe this was just another way of getting on my mother's good side. Now, what I planned to do was ride the pine. Like, I was going to join and get a uniform and then sit down. And then never... get on the court ever.

I didn't want to be on the basketball team. I just figured that I wasn't going to get A's in school, and I wasn't going to do homework ever. So maybe this was just another way of getting on my mother's good side. Now, what I planned to do was ride the pine. Like, I was going to join and get a uniform and then sit down. And then never... get on the court ever.

But all of the girls in my school chickened out. So I ended up on Junior Varsity. Now, the problem with Junior Varsity was there was only two of us. on junior varsity. The problem with varsity was there was only five of them. So as a non-basketball player who didn't want to run and had to get their uniform let out, I spent a lot of time playing basketball.

But all of the girls in my school chickened out. So I ended up on Junior Varsity. Now, the problem with Junior Varsity was there was only two of us. on junior varsity. The problem with varsity was there was only five of them. So as a non-basketball player who didn't want to run and had to get their uniform let out, I spent a lot of time playing basketball.

But all of the girls in my school chickened out. So I ended up on Junior Varsity. Now, the problem with Junior Varsity was there was only two of us. on junior varsity. The problem with varsity was there was only five of them. So as a non-basketball player who didn't want to run and had to get their uniform let out, I spent a lot of time playing basketball.

Now my mother decided that this, because she was a physical education major, she was the first African-American woman to coach basketball in the state of Georgia. So she decided to help me. which turned out to be an even larger problem. Number one, she sort of stopped playing basketball, but she kept watching it, and she was trying to give me things that I could do

Now my mother decided that this, because she was a physical education major, she was the first African-American woman to coach basketball in the state of Georgia. So she decided to help me. which turned out to be an even larger problem. Number one, she sort of stopped playing basketball, but she kept watching it, and she was trying to give me things that I could do

Now my mother decided that this, because she was a physical education major, she was the first African-American woman to coach basketball in the state of Georgia. So she decided to help me. which turned out to be an even larger problem. Number one, she sort of stopped playing basketball, but she kept watching it, and she was trying to give me things that I could do

at my size, so I was good for what this thing is called, a pick and roll. She's like, you're like the kind of person that can set a pick. And I said, why can't I set a pick? She said, because you're big as hell. So that's 90% of a pick is to be big as hell and flop. And I was like, what's flop? She's like, well, what's going to happen is they're going to hit you and you're going to fall down.

at my size, so I was good for what this thing is called, a pick and roll. She's like, you're like the kind of person that can set a pick. And I said, why can't I set a pick? She said, because you're big as hell. So that's 90% of a pick is to be big as hell and flop. And I was like, what's flop? She's like, well, what's going to happen is they're going to hit you and you're going to fall down.

at my size, so I was good for what this thing is called, a pick and roll. She's like, you're like the kind of person that can set a pick. And I said, why can't I set a pick? She said, because you're big as hell. So that's 90% of a pick is to be big as hell and flop. And I was like, what's flop? She's like, well, what's going to happen is they're going to hit you and you're going to fall down.

And I said, why am I falling down if it didn't hurt? She's like, see, this is what I'm trying to explain to you. You are so big you can foul and then you go to the foul line, make foul shots. That's the only way you're going to be a benefit to your team. And I said, but I can't shoot foul shots.

And I said, why am I falling down if it didn't hurt? She's like, see, this is what I'm trying to explain to you. You are so big you can foul and then you go to the foul line, make foul shots. That's the only way you're going to be a benefit to your team. And I said, but I can't shoot foul shots.