Napheesa Collier

Sometimes people are like you're competing with your teammates because you want their playing time or you want their money or whatever it is. So you lose a little bit of the purity of the sport in that way. And I kind of feel that way about NIL. So happy that athletes are finally making money in college.

Sometimes people are like you're competing with your teammates because you want their playing time or you want their money or whatever it is. So you lose a little bit of the purity of the sport in that way. And I kind of feel that way about NIL. So happy that athletes are finally making money in college.

But I do think it takes away the purity of the sport a little bit because you're so worried about money and people are leaving. There's like you can leave every year and go somewhere else. So I think you lose a little bit of that in there, too.

But I do think it takes away the purity of the sport a little bit because you're so worried about money and people are leaving. There's like you can leave every year and go somewhere else. So I think you lose a little bit of that in there, too.

Honestly, I don't think so. I'm really big on everything happens for a reason. So it's hard to have a lot of regrets that way. Even with like, I believe I'm the best player and I went six to Minnesota. Like to me, I was like, what are you guys saying? Because I think I'm the best player. But I wouldn't be in the position I'm in now if I never ended up in Minnesota.

Honestly, I don't think so. I'm really big on everything happens for a reason. So it's hard to have a lot of regrets that way. Even with like, I believe I'm the best player and I went six to Minnesota. Like to me, I was like, what are you guys saying? Because I think I'm the best player. But I wouldn't be in the position I'm in now if I never ended up in Minnesota.

It was the perfect place for me to be. So when everything turns out well like that, it's hard to have any regrets.

It was the perfect place for me to be. So when everything turns out well like that, it's hard to have any regrets.

Again, my parents, like I had such a great foundation. They were such are such hard workers and everything that they do. And they just teach you to be thankful for what you have. Like my dad would always say, if you put all your problems and everyone else's problems in a pot, you would grab yours back. And I feel like that is such a.

Again, my parents, like I had such a great foundation. They were such are such hard workers and everything that they do. And they just teach you to be thankful for what you have. Like my dad would always say, if you put all your problems and everyone else's problems in a pot, you would grab yours back. And I feel like that is such a.

such a good approach because you never know what other people are going through. And if you had to choose, you would choose your problems over someone else's. You don't know what's happening in their lives.

such a good approach because you never know what other people are going through. And if you had to choose, you would choose your problems over someone else's. You don't know what's happening in their lives.

Well, I mean, my mom grew up on a dairy farm in Missouri. My parents are total opposites. My dad grew up in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He came over during the war over there. And they met, like my mom was in nursing school.

Well, I mean, my mom grew up on a dairy farm in Missouri. My parents are total opposites. My dad grew up in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He came over during the war over there. And they met, like my mom was in nursing school.

and so she was working at a nursing home trying to get her hours up my dad was the only place they would hire like black people in that town at the time was a nursing home so just the way that they worked there and then just worked so hard to support me and my brother um never complained a day in their life about going to work or supporting us or all the things that came with both of us playing sports the money that that requires to travel like they did not have lives of their own i'm realizing now like as i grow up i'm like this is so fun we get to travel all the time but

and so she was working at a nursing home trying to get her hours up my dad was the only place they would hire like black people in that town at the time was a nursing home so just the way that they worked there and then just worked so hard to support me and my brother um never complained a day in their life about going to work or supporting us or all the things that came with both of us playing sports the money that that requires to travel like they did not have lives of their own i'm realizing now like as i grow up i'm like this is so fun we get to travel all the time but

They never got time to themselves and just the sacrifice that they made without once telling us about it or making us feel like they were sacrificing. It just shows you like the kind of parents and people that they are. I'm super grateful that I had them.

They never got time to themselves and just the sacrifice that they made without once telling us about it or making us feel like they were sacrificing. It just shows you like the kind of parents and people that they are. I'm super grateful that I had them.

Um, growing up.

Um, growing up.