Blogging the Journey: Sylvia Fowles
31 July 2008
Igniting the Blaze: This week, Sylvia blogs about her inspirations on the court, and the people who helped her get to the world’s biggest stage.
It’s definitely an honor to play with everyone here. These are considered the best women in the world.
The younger players like myself, I feel that we have to carry along this legacy and I feel that we need to learn these ropes. And the veterans on the team have really helped us out and been there for us.
It’s a great opportunity for when we become veterans too, when we get a chance to teach the young ones about the game we respect dearly, and teach them to not take this for a joke. Teach them that we have to compete to the best of our ability, and just let them know that anything is possible.
I always feel that, because there were people in my family growing up who played basketball, but they never stayed in school long enough, or got into too much trouble to take it beyond high school. So I’m the first one to make it, to be what their dreams were.
Sometimes I can’t get over it. I put on that red, white, and blue and I just get goose bumps. It’s a feeling that you’ll never get putting on any other uniform. You’re ready to go out there and compete and give it your all. You know it’s time to roll.
This summer, I’ll be playing in Beijing for my mom, plus my family and coaches who helped me along the way. And my brothers, they wouldn’t let me whine and they were always beating me up on the court, telling me to be tough and all that other good stuff. I owe them a lot.
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