LOCKED IN Ft. Zia Cooke | The Comment Section Ep. 133
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What are the highlights of Zia Cooke's journey in women's basketball?
i think it's really fun when you see celebrities that you never would have thought are like really into the wnba yeah and michael b jordan too really he was supposed to come to a game but he has not come yet so he's trying to get wife see this hurry he's trying to get wiped up he hasn't like came yet i don't know what's taking him so long what are you so afraid of michael b jordan come on
Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show, starring me, your fave, everybody knows me, who cares about me? On to the guests. Today we have the iconic, the legendary, the athletic, Ziya Cook! Woo! Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming to the show. My second female athlete, second athlete overall on the show, but only women. Only female athletes, that's who I have.
That's super dope.
Period. Very exciting. Thank you for coming. Of course. Honored to have you. And I have a very, very, very, I would say, passionate drive to platform female athletes and make them more famous than male athletes. Yes. I'm glad you could join me on this journey. Of course. But I'd like to know a little bit more about your journey before, obviously now you're on the Sparks, correct? But you went to South Carolina. Gamecock. Yes. I've only done one college, like anything, like... talk or whatever and it was at usc really yeah okay i went to south carolina you got a tiny little school yeah that's yep and someone brought me a shirt that says go gamecocks yeah yeah i wore it of course okay
You have to.
Yeah. So I'd love to know how you started playing basketball, how you got into it and like journey up to college. Yes.
So I've been playing basketball since I was six years old and I really got into it from my brother Stratman. He played every sport you can think of. And my dad had him waking up early mornings, going to run the park, doing pushups. All that type of stuff. And I would just watch him, and I'm like, I want to try it. I just always wanted to try it because I could tell how happy it made my dad to see my brother doing what he was doing. Oh, that's cute. And I remember just a funny story. I used to go to church every Sunday. My mom would go to church every Sunday. I'd have my Sunday dress on. And my brother was outside playing with his friends. When I got back home, I went out there, and I just shot the ball.
And my brother was like, hold on, like do that again. And then I ended up doing it again. And it was like, ever since then I fell in love with the game of basketball, just from being able to see my brother do it. And then just finally trying to pick up a ball and see what I can do with it. So yeah, but at six years old, that's when I started.
That's when you made the shot when you were six?
it was i was probably like six or seven damn that's crazy yeah either way yeah i was super young and i'd be afraid of you okay baby genius no relax it's crazy because a lot of the boys like they would look at me like yeah she can't play basketball and then i get out there and i just do them bad oh man and these it just used to be so hustling people always such a girl against me right oh i love that that makes me that really activates my prey drive thinking about men getting shown up like that all the time and not only that but i played football too okay i was quarterback wide receiver running back i literally played it all my jersey got retired and everything hung in the rafters yeah it was just something like slight work yeah no big deal
But, yeah, so I got my first college offer in the seventh grade by Eastern Michigan. And I was playing football still at the time.
EMU, that's the green and white team, right? Yeah, I know them.
For some reason, I thought football was going to be, like, what I was going to do until I got older. And I started developing as a woman a little bit. And my dad's like, you're getting offers in basketball. You're not in football. So which one do you want to do?
He's like, let's lock in, all right?
How does Zia Cooke feel about the rise of women's basketball?
Yeah. Let's focus up.
Yeah, so I locked in, and from the seventh grade on, I took basketball 100% serious.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the highlights of Zia Cooke's journey in women's basketball?
0:00–4:02
2
How does Zia Cooke feel about the rise of women's basketball?
4:02–6:59
3
What challenges do female athletes face regarding public perception?
6:59–10:46
4
How has social media impacted women's basketball visibility?
10:46–15:46
5
What are the differences between college and professional basketball for women?
15:46–20:54
6
How do female athletes deal with misogynistic comments online?
20:54–23:32
7
What advice does Zia Cooke have for young female athletes?
23:32–28:23
8
How does Zia Cooke envision the future of women's basketball?
28:23–40:53
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