Napheesa Collier

And I was taller than my brother for most of our life. He shot up like one summer. So I would just throw it over him. He'd say that's cheating because I can't run faster than him. So just stuff like that where you're always just picking at each other.

And I was taller than my brother for most of our life. He shot up like one summer. So I would just throw it over him. He'd say that's cheating because I can't run faster than him. So just stuff like that where you're always just picking at each other.

Do I know how tough I am? I feel like I've come into that, like come into knowing that. And I think it just comes with a natural confidence as you get older. You're so much sure of yourself, so much more sure of yourself.

Do I know how tough I am? I feel like I've come into that, like come into knowing that. And I think it just comes with a natural confidence as you get older. You're so much sure of yourself, so much more sure of yourself.

Yeah. Being successful helps. Yeah.

Yeah. Being successful helps. Yeah.

oh me and my brother still laugh about this i don't even know if our parents know but we were fighting in our room about something we were like in the playroom where all the toys were and uh we were trying to have a competition i can't remember what it was but kai my brother had just started watching like wwe wrestling and so we started wrestling and he grabbed my head and did like a knee like he pulled my head down and hit me with his knee i was like

oh me and my brother still laugh about this i don't even know if our parents know but we were fighting in our room about something we were like in the playroom where all the toys were and uh we were trying to have a competition i can't remember what it was but kai my brother had just started watching like wwe wrestling and so we started wrestling and he grabbed my head and did like a knee like he pulled my head down and hit me with his knee i was like

Yeah. I heard a crack in my skull. He's like, don't tell mom, don't tell mom. I was like, give me $100 and I won't tell mom.

Yeah. I heard a crack in my skull. He's like, don't tell mom, don't tell mom. I was like, give me $100 and I won't tell mom.

No, he had $100. I knew he had $100. Okay.

No, he had $100. I knew he had $100. Okay.

No, I think he just rattled my brain a little bit, so I heard it on the inside. I don't even know if I had a bump. I just remember you have to fake cry, play it up a little bit to really make him feel bad and like he's going to get in trouble.

No, I think he just rattled my brain a little bit, so I heard it on the inside. I don't even know if I had a bump. I just remember you have to fake cry, play it up a little bit to really make him feel bad and like he's going to get in trouble.

I think a couple. I would say my first true adversity in sport was definitely my freshman year at UConn because Coach Gino has said a lot of times he breaks players down to build them back up. And you go into college knowing, like I had never lifted a weight before going to college. I knew it was going to be hard physically, but mentally I was not prepared for how hard it was going to be.

I think a couple. I would say my first true adversity in sport was definitely my freshman year at UConn because Coach Gino has said a lot of times he breaks players down to build them back up. And you go into college knowing, like I had never lifted a weight before going to college. I knew it was going to be hard physically, but mentally I was not prepared for how hard it was going to be.

Like in high school, if we were going to do a backdoor, that was like a specific play call. We were not reading the game physically. And so him teaching that was the most painful process. I could not remember a play to save my life. I was just so anxious all the time. And it was so, so hard. I mean, I lost my starting spot middle of a game, one game, barely played after that.

Like in high school, if we were going to do a backdoor, that was like a specific play call. We were not reading the game physically. And so him teaching that was the most painful process. I could not remember a play to save my life. I was just so anxious all the time. And it was so, so hard. I mean, I lost my starting spot middle of a game, one game, barely played after that.

And then I worked my ass off the whole summer. I was doing two days with my husband now. He was my trainer for a couple years before we started dating. I was doing two days with him. I came back feeling better than ever. And the one thing I could do my freshman year was rebound. I couldn't do anything else. Couldn't remember a play. Couldn't make a basket. I could rebound.

And then I worked my ass off the whole summer. I was doing two days with my husband now. He was my trainer for a couple years before we started dating. I was doing two days with him. I came back feeling better than ever. And the one thing I could do my freshman year was rebound. I couldn't do anything else. Couldn't remember a play. Couldn't make a basket. I could rebound.