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Edge of Sports

Maya Moore Makes History By Walking Away

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak to one of the great basketball players of all time, Maya Moore, talking to us about her unprecedented decision to walk away from hoops to organize around the worst aspects of our criminal justice system. 

We have ‘Choice Words’ about Colin Kaepernick and the NFL quarterback crisis. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to legendary wide receiver Calvin Johnson and NCAA football coach Mike Leach, and more.

Maya Moore
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a lot of people don't have a voice.

0:03.1

And so when we as athletes who have a voice

0:05.0

can take the time to use that well

0:07.6

to give people a voice,

0:09.3

it changes everything.

0:11.1

And so use that voice well, athletes.

0:13.9

And it's just, there's nothing better

0:16.8

when you give somebody a voice

0:18.7

who hasn't had a voice.

0:20.7

It's, it's what keeps me going.

0:36.3

This, welcome.

0:36.9

This week, we talked to basketball legend

0:39.0

Maya Moore about her decision to step away from the WMBA and focus on fighting the worst of the

0:45.0

criminal justice system. It's something no athlete in their prime has ever done, and we will speak to her.

0:51.7

Also, I've got some choice words about Colin Kaepernick and the

0:54.5

quarterback crisis in the National Football League. I've got just stand up and just sit your

0:58.8

ass down awards and more, but first, my more. You know, so much has been written about your

1:10.6

decision to step away from the game.

1:12.3

And before we talk about anything else, I just wanted to give you the space to speak, particularly

1:16.8

to your fans about why you made this decision.

1:21.9

Yeah, I was able to, I think, really articulate pretty well earlier this year back in February of really the heart behind my decision and, you know, not wanting to try to take the time right then and there to necessarily, you know,

1:49.9

going into all the details that led me into that decision. But, you know, I think to say, you know, my priorities have shifted and I want to be more available to some of the things that I'm feeling conviction and called to be more present in and, you know, family and some, some ministry causes. And one of the

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