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Actually just recently I came up with that idea, watching the movie 'Legally Blonde' and I was like, 'cool, that's something I want to do.
As a role model for young girls and women, I just encourage them to continue their education and set their goals. And for me, mine are just really high and I just happen to be a professional basketball player but I really am a stickler for my goals and I wanted to get my Master's.
Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that des... (more Lisa Leslie quotes)
Lisa signed a contract with Wilhelmina modeling agency in June 1996.
Lisa is 6 feet, 5 inches.
Lisa won the 1990 Gatorade Girl's Basketball National Player of the Year.
When Lisa won the MVP of the regular season, WNBA Championship and All-Star Game in 2001, she became the first WNBA player to win those three awards all in the same season.
Lisa was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic women's basketball team in 1996, 2000 and 2004.... (more Lisa Leslie trivia)
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