WNBA Star Sue Bird

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Retired point guard Sue Bird holds the record for most career assists in the WNBA, with 3,234 over the course of her 19-season professional career. She's also won four WNBA championships, five Olympic gold medals and two NCAA championships. She spoke with Terry Gross about playing overseas in Russia, staying cool under pressure, and her pump-up song for games.

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0:24.2	This is fresh air.
0:25.2	I'm Terry Gross.
0:26.7	My guest Sue Bird has to take some credit for boosting the popularity of women's basketball.
0:32.2	She's considered the best point guard in women's basketball, she's considered the best point guard in women's
0:34.4	basketball history and she could shoot too. In college she led the Yukon Huskies
0:40.2	to become a two-time NCAA champion.
0:43.0	With the Seattle Storm, she was a four-time W-N-B-A champion.
0:47.0	She was a W-N-B-A all-star 13 times and won five Olympic gold medals.
0:52.0	It's hard to give up such an impressive... times and won five Olympic gold medals.
0:53.2	It's hard to give up such an impressive career,
0:55.7	doing what you love, but she made the decision
0:58.4	to retire in 2022 after 21 years on the WNBA.
1:03.0	She wondered who she would be without basketball,
1:06.0	and now she has a partial answer.
1:08.0	She's an activist fighting for gender equity in women's sports.
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