That's the problem. Like I really had like two moms like I have my mom obviously.

Why is that a problem though? Because it was it was like you're supposed to be my home girl and

it was always no co still studies, like my second mom.

And I can never escape that.

This month on Womannica, we're doing something special.

We're featuring a series of episodes about elite athletes brought to you by Nike.

This is Nike on air, stories of athletes who push the limits of what sport can be.

I'm your host Jenny Kaplan.

This episode, Don Staley and Asia Wilson,

the Coaches Connection.

Don Staley is a three-time Naismith coach of the year and three-time national champion in women's college basketball. But there was a time when coaching wasn't even on her radar. She was a player.

I grew up in the projects in North Philly and I mean there was a lot of things that you can get into.

Sports was probably the safest thing.

I played football, I played baseball, softball,

I played basketball.

And then once I chose a sport, it was basketball,

only because someone saw something at me

that I didn't see it myself, and they wrote me about it. But it was the magical thing that

kept me focused and it got me focused on one sport and I just I just played And I just played everywhere.

I just played on the playgrounds.

I played in recreation centers.

I played in my house.

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