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Top 25 Lisa Leslie Quotes (2025 Update)

Lisa Leslie Quote: “When I set a goal, I work hard to achieve it.”

1. “When I set a goal, I work hard to achieve it.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I’m strong, I’m tough, I still wear my eyeliner.”

2. “I’m strong, I’m tough, I still wear my eyeliner.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I’m probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.”

3. “I’m probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Everyone talks about age, but it’s not about age. It’s about work ethic. Winning never gets old.”

4. “Everyone talks about age, but it’s not about age. It’s about work ethic. Winning never gets old.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I still believe I’m the best player. That’s what keeps me going.”

5. “I still believe I’m the best player. That’s what keeps me going.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.”

6. “To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I played on an all-boys team in the 8th grade, but they wouldnt throw me the ball even though I was on their team. One day I stole the ball from my own teammate and I made a basket. From that point on, everyone yelled Give the ball to the girl! I was the only girl on the whole league!”

7. “I played on an all-boys team in the 8th grade, but they wouldnt throw me the ball even though I was on their team. One day I stole the ball from my own teammate and I made a basket. From that point on, everyone yelled Give the ball to the girl! I was the only girl on the whole league!”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I tend not to get too emotional about things.”

8. “I tend not to get too emotional about things.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we’ve had is that I’m physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don’t know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.”

9. “The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we’ve had is that I’m physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don’t know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader cant just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.”

10. “Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader cant just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “My success has surpassed my childhood dreams.”

11. “My success has surpassed my childhood dreams.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.”

12. “Manu Ginobili is just a baller dude.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I’m a better and more educated person because of basketball.”

13. “I’m a better and more educated person because of basketball.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Dunking is something guys care more about than girls, There’s something about jumping that seems to fascinate guys. Girls are more, like, ‘As long as the ball goes in, who cares how you got it there?’”

14. “Dunking is something guys care more about than girls, There’s something about jumping that seems to fascinate guys. Girls are more, like, ‘As long as the ball goes in, who cares how you got it there?’”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.”

15. “For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I’ve grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you’re supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.”

16. “I’ve grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you’re supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.”

17. “I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I’m on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that’s great.”

18. “Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while I’m on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think that’s great.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “There’s a lot of women in the WNBA. There’s a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot – that people are aware of what’s going on. I’m really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I’m definitely grateful.”

19. “There’s a lot of women in the WNBA. There’s a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot – that people are aware of what’s going on. I’m really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I’m definitely grateful.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.”

20. “Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “Right now I’m 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I’ve got big bones and I’m maintaining muscle.”

21. “Right now I’m 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I’ve got big bones and I’m maintaining muscle.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I don’t think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn’t have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.”

22. “I don’t think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn’t have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I have ‘the first’ attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.”

23. “I have ‘the first’ attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I don’t really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.”

24. “I don’t really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “When I watch kids play basketball, they don’t know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don’t know why.”

25. “When I watch kids play basketball, they don’t know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don’t know why.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.”

26. “If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I like playing against guys because of their athleticism and understanding of the game.”

27. “I like playing against guys because of their athleticism and understanding of the game.”

— Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie Quote: “I’ve never proclaimed myself to be a shooter. But I am definitely a scorer.”

28. “I’ve never proclaimed myself to be a shooter. But I am definitely a scorer.”

— Lisa Leslie

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