I-WNBA Star Skylar Diggins izitya zoNyaka wembaleki yabasetyhini

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Xa unesikolo esiphakathi b-baller balingisa umdlalo wakho webhasikithi ye-Nike, iMercedes evela kuJay-Z (isipho sokuthweswa isidanga kwikholeji), kunye ne-ESPY yoMdlali oBalaseleyo we-WNBA phantsi kwebhanti lakho, unelungelo lokuba yicocky encinci. Kodwa u-Skylar Diggins, oneminyaka engama-25, akanayo nantoni na.

"Kufuneka ube lukhuni, ubaleke ugqatso lwakho, udubule umpu wakho, kwaye ube yeyona nto ibalaseleyo onokuba yiyo," utshilo. "Amaxesha amaninzi sizama ukuzithelekisa nabanye kwaye yiyo loo nto sigqiba ekubeni siphumelele okanye hayi endaweni yokubuza ukuba" Ngaba ndilufezekisile usukelo lwam? "U-Diggins, osonge isizini yakhe yesithathu ye-WNBA kunye neTulsa Shock , kwabelwane ngakumbi kunye Ubume malunga nembono yakhe ehlaziyayo ngobomi kunye nabasetyhini kwezemidlalo. (Ufuna i-abs efana ne-Diggins'? Zama ezi zi-9 zeMizilo ezingundoqo ezikusondeza kwi-Six-Pack Abs.)

Ubume: Xa ungekho enkundleni okanye kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, yintoni enokwenzeka ukuba uyayenza?

I-Skylar Diggins (SD)Ndiyakuthanda ukuhamba, kulungile kuba kufuneka ndihambe kakhulu ngaphandle kokuhoya. Ngokwenyani ndibuyile kuBomi bubuhle bobugcisa kunye nomnyhadala womculo eLas Vegas! Kwakumangalisa. Isithandwa sam ngomnye wabazobi ababalaseleyo apho, ndiye ndaphuma ndaya kuhlola umnyhadala ndaza ndabona uStevie Wonder noKendrick Lamar beqhuba. Ndisemculweni kwaye ndisiya kwiikonsathi-ezinye zegcisa lam endilithandayo ngoku nguKendrick Lamar, Kanye, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Rhianna, Pharrell, Jhene Aiko, noAlina Baraz. Kukho isandi sayo yonke into-nokuba ungubani.

Ubume: Ukuba ubungengomdlali obalaseleyo, ubuya kuba yintoni umsebenzi wakho olandelayo wamaphupha?

SD: Ndinesidanga seshishini esivela kwi-Notre Dame, ke ndifuna ukwenza into kwishishini. Ndingathanda ukuba yiCEO yenkampani yeFortune 500. Ndilawula ngokwendalo kwaye ndilawula, ke bendiya kuba mkhulu kuyo! Ndingunogada wenqaku-ndixelela abantu ukuba 'Yenzani le nto! Yenza loo nto! Sibaleka ngale ndlela! ' Ndingumthumeli.

UbumeNgaba unayo nayiphi na isithethe sangaphambi komdlalo?

SD: Zininzi kakhulu ukuba ungazibiza ngamagama! Ndiyinto encinci! Enye yezona quirks zam zinkulu, ixesha, kukuba ndiyathanda ukucaphula imuvi kunye namazwi engoma kwiimeko zemihla ngemihla. Abantu bajonge kum ngokungathi ndineentloko ezintathu, okanye bayahleka xa ndisenza iireferensi zam. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umdlalo uhambe, i-headband yam yisignesha yam-indlela endiyinxiba ngayo, xa ndiyifaka, yonke into yesiqhelo. Kwaye andikho neenkolelo, yindlela nje yokwenza oko endinceda ndizive ndikulungele ukudlala. Kanye njengaxa ndifumana izihlangu ezitsha zebasketball, ndibhala imiyalezo kuzo! Umama uphinde andithumelele isicatshulwa esikhuthazayo ngaphambi komdlalo, kwaye kufuneka ndihlale ndiyifunda kwaye ndithethe naye ngaphambi kwemidlalo. Uyandinceda ukuhlala apho. Andikhumbuli ixesha apho ndingakhange ndithethe naye ngaphambi komdlalo, ndibuyele kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi! (Ufuna imantra entsha? Siyazithanda ezi ziQendu ezingama-24 zokuKhuthaza iimbaleki kunye nababaleki!)

Ubume: Makeup ngosuku lomdlalo: yay okanye hayi?

SD: Ndilungile ngayo-andifuni ukuba nobuso obugcweleyo be-makeup kwi-basketball nangona. Ayinakuphepheka ukuba ngayo yonke ukubila kuya kuba kuyo yonke itawuli yakho! Ndiyigcina ilula, mhlawumbi incinci ye-mascara. Ngokuqinisekileyo andizukuya kumjikelo kwaye ndiqaqambise umdlalo!

Ubume: Ngubani umdlali wakho oyintombazana otyumkileyo?

SD: Ndiyayithanda lento ayenzayo uSerena Williams-uyamangalisa! Yonke into ukusuka kwindlela aziqeqesha ngayo kwimeko yakhe yokhuphiswano kunye nokuqina kwengqondo, ngaphandle kwawo onke amawonga. Ndiyathanda ukuba unobuqili kwaye womelele. Unomdlalo, womelele, udidi lomzimba kwaye abantu abaninzi baneentloni kuloo nto. Uthatha uhlolo olukhulu kuyo, kodwa xa ndimjongile, ndiyakhuthazeka. Ukomelela kwakhe kunye nokuzithemba kwakhe kuye kunye nomzimba wakhe kukhulu. Yinto abantu ekufuneka beyibonile, ngakumbi amabhinqa aselula anemibala. Jonga yonke imiqobo athe wakwazi ukuyiqhekeza. Kwaye into ayenzileyo noVenus kukulingana ngokwesini kwintenetya yinto esisayilwelayo kwiWNBA.

Ubume: Yeyiphi eyona nto iphambeneyo eyakhe yakwehlela oko wahamba?

SD: Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba kuyaphambana ukubona abalandeli bam. Umzekelo, ndikwayimodeli yezemidlalo yakwaNike kwaye ndinala maphulo ehlabathi. Abantu eFrance, eJamani naseJapan bazakundithumela imifanekiso yabo phambi kwezi banner ezinkulu neebhodi ezinkulu ezibhalwe ubuso bam kuzo. Ezo zinto ziyamangalisa! Andiziboni ndikweso sikhanyiso, ke xa ndibonakalisiwe kwimikhankaso efanayo yokuba ezinye iimbaleki zam endizithandayo ezakhulayo zazikuye, ukuze ndibenjalo kwamanye amantombazana amancinci, kuyathobisa.

UbumeUkujongwa kunye nokulinganiswa kwemidlalo yeWNBA kumabonwakude kunyukile kunyaka ophelileyo. Ucinga ukuba yintoni ezise abalandeli ngakumbi kulo mdlalo?

SDAbasetyhini benza izinto ongazange uzibone ngaphambili-bedlala ngaphezulu komphetho, umdlalo uya ukhawuleza, kubekho utshintsho kwimithetho, kwaye inqanaba lesakhono kunye nomdlalo sele lithathiwe. Lixesha elihle lokubukela. Kwaye ukufumana ababukeli ngakumbi malunga nokufundisa abantu xa ixesha lethu li (nguJuni ukuya kuSeptemba, FYI!) Kwaye ubabeke kwindawo yokuqala. Uninzi lwabantu abaza kubona umdlalo bafuna ukubuya kwakhona.

Ubume: Uziva njani ngemidlalo yamadoda edla ngokunikwa ingqwalasela engaphezulu? Ibhola ekhatywayo yabasetyhini ingaphezulu lee kweyamadoda kulo nyaka; Ngaba ucinga ukuba iyakuchaphazela ne-WNBA nayo?

SD: Ndiyathemba njalo. Abantu bathetha ngazo zonke izinto esingenako ukuzenza thina basetyhini, kodwa akukho mntu ugxininisa kwinto esinokuyenza kunye nobuchule bethu. Njengabadlali, kufuneka siqhubeke nokuba ngabameli bomdlalo wethu. Kufuneka sibekho kwaye sifumaneke. Ngexesha lokuphumla, uninzi lwabadlali beWNBA baya phesheya ukuya kudlala. Iya kuba kukungakhathali kubadlali ukwala isixa semali esifumanekayo apho, ngumsebenzi wabo ukudlala kwaye kufuneka babenakho ukubonelela iintsapho zabo. Kodwa ngaloo nto, abadlali abakwazi ukubandakanyeka e-US kunye nentengiso ye-WNBA njengoko bengathanda ukuba njalo. Okukhona sikwazi ukufumana ilizwi lethu phaya nangona, kungcono. Lo ibingunyaka wembaleki yabasetyhini, kwaye yinto entle ukuba iye kwi-Olimpiki, apho siza kubona amabali amahle nangakumbi ngabafazi kwaye sazi nemidlalo engeyiyo eyendabuko. Ngelixa sinezinto ekufuneka sizenzile, ndingathanda ukuba ndihambe kancinci kunokuba ndingashukumi kwaphela.

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