I didn't have the role models these girls have. Most of my athletic role models were men. There's only so much you can identify with. We all, in our own small worlds, are role models. If you can impact someone's life, then you have a responsibility to try to impact it in a positive way.
Sports can do so much.
All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning it or not, through sports. So if I pray, I do it before we get out there. One of my pet peeves is when people don't stop moving or talking during the anthem. E-mail, phone calls. These are the kinds of lives we chose before we met each other.