The Best of SBS: Napheesa Collier & Nancy Lieberman
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What are Napheesa Collier's thoughts on the WNBA's leadership?
Kings Network.
Surely in the history of South Beach Sessions, we have never had anyone tougher than this human being right here, Nancy Lieberman, two-time Olympian, two-time Hall of Famer, Big Three coach, champion, and a pioneer at Trailblazer. Is this how you became tough, though? Like, obviously basketball has something to do with it, but where are the places where you can say, no, that's what made me strong. Those are the things that made me who I am.
I don't know if I can define strong, but I can define what was acceptable to me and what was not acceptable to me. And I knew I am not going to live this life. This is not how I'm going to live. I don't know how I'm going to get from here to here, but I think sports is going to do this for me. And as one thing, playing in the Olympics in high school or then getting a college scholarship, Player of the Year in college basketball. And then, you know, like the, you know, the Dick Schaps taking me under his wing and coming to Old Dominion and making sure that he had tabs on me. I'd come home. He'd say, you're going to come. We're going to this is what we're going to do.
How did Napheesa Collier's experiences shape her determination to create Unrivaled?
Jeremy Schap right on this knee at lunch.
Mm hmm.
a year old, two years old. Dick was very instrumental in just making sure that I was protected. We're learning. And he would introduce me to so many people. He's like, you need to do this and you need to come to this event. And And again, I don't have – I can't tell you why. Like I want to do a book that says how do you know dot, dot, dot? How do you know Dick Schaap? How do you know Muhammad Ali? How are you friends with Kevin Costner? How are you friends with Warren Buffett? How are you friends with Ice Cube?
What challenges does Napheesa face as a new mother and professional athlete?
I don't have a clinical reason. I don't even know how I'm here with you and I'm a fan of what you've done and what you've done with Poppy and to make me laugh or just – Just how you were with your family was very impactful to me. And I get a chance to tell you this in real time, like right now.
The people that you mentioned, though, so many of the men that you mentioned are obviously gravitating toward a place where commonalities exist on the chasing of excellence like they're. They have at least some sort of Dick Schaap. When you're talking about Dick Schaap, he's got some knowledge of what it's taken to be you, the difficulties, the impediments, the obstacles. He's got this much knowledge, but he's got such knowledge. So I imagine that that's a place where you connect with all of these people is respect.
I hope so. And I think so. And, you know, some of the people that got to know me and he got to know me because he interviewed me so many times. He was down at Old Dominion so many times. And I think he got to see probably that I was hiding behind being Nancy Lieberman and I would never really open up. as you and I are talking, this conversation would have not happened.
How has Nancy Lieberman influenced women's basketball?
The story protects you, though. I can imagine that you've developed some armor over the years and had to in order to tell the story in a way that is palatable, inspirational, but not too vulnerable because there must have been a whole lot of garbage inside of the dysfunction.
Yes, you're spot on. So we win the national championship. I'm player of the year in college basketball. I'm asked to come December of 79. This is the turning point for me. Come to the New York Stock Exchange to do an appearance for the Olympic Committee, a fundraiser. Gives me a chance to go home, be with my mom, my best friend growing up. Going up the escalator and I look at the guy and I go, yo, who's the other athlete? You know, kind of that bravado. Who's the other athlete with me? And he says, yeah, we're going in the green room. I said, well, who's the other athlete? And we get to the top.
What insights does Nancy Lieberman share about the evolution of women's sports?
He goes, oh, yeah, it's you and Muhammad Ali. And I'm like, he's here. Muhammad Ali is here. I'm like 21 years old. And the door opened. No joke. And it was like that Oprah, huh? And the glove. And he's... I was hyperventilating. So on the 76 Olympic team, there was... Sugar Ray, Leonard, there were all these different boxers.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Napheesa Collier's thoughts on the WNBA's leadership?
0:04–1:42
2
How did Napheesa Collier's experiences shape her determination to create Unrivaled?
1:42–2:20
3
What challenges does Napheesa face as a new mother and professional athlete?
2:20–3:36
4
How has Nancy Lieberman influenced women's basketball?
3:36–4:32
5
What insights does Nancy Lieberman share about the evolution of women's sports?
4:32–5:10
6
How do current stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese impact the game?
5:10–6:04
7
What are the key differences between playing in the WNBA and overseas?
6:04–7:35
8
How do both guests view the future of women's basketball and their roles in it?
7:35–55:45
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