Maya Moore NBC News Interview -- Video

[bschwartz]

Looks like Miss Maya has been anointed the face of USA Olympics with all the media she is doing. I am fine with that. I know it is a little sappy to say but she is such an inspiring woman.

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[VAMike23]

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[MilfordHusky]

Who better than Maya to represent her team and nation!

 

[semper]

So smart; so articulate...Can you imagine a game with Maya and Nnemka as the announcers. Now THAT would be something worth waiting for...with special guest Geno! ESPN, please keep an eye on these two women...they are the smartest and best spoken, in my view.

 

[flatcoatmom]

She is so special - every time I see her I realize how lucky we were in CT to be able to watch her play for 4 years. She has great things ahead!

 

[DaddyChoc]

Who better than Maya to represent her team and nation!

ummmm Diana

 

[Icebear]

ummmm Diana

Not with some of Diana's recent publicity.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Not with some of Diana's recent publicity.

hence the wink (maybe I should have used another face )

 

[Icebear]

hence the wink (maybe I should have used another face )

Ahhhhhhh!!! The smirk would have done it.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Dee needs to cool it in London. I suspect she will be on her best behavior with Geno around.

 

[phil sampieri]

Not with some of Diana's recent publicity.

Ice- you make positive into negative better than anyone on this board.

 

[Icebear]

Ice- you make positive into negative better than anyone on this board.

Not being negative just acknowledging the reality of the impact of some of her actions. I am more than willing to give her the space to understand the deep emotions involving her former team and some of the reported harassment aimed her way. But actions have impacts on others and consequences.

 

[phil sampieri]

Not being negative just acknowledging the reality of the impact of some of her actions. I am more than willing to give her the space to understand the deep emotions involving her former team and some of the reported harassment aimed her way. But actions have impacts on others and consequences.

Hell hath no fury---- you know the rest

 

[Icebear]

Hell hath no fury---- you know the rest

Very true.

 

[Sonny44]

Looks like Miss Maya has been anointed the face of USA Olympics with all the media she is doing. I am fine with that. I know it is a little sappy to say but she is such an inspiring woman.

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Sappy, no way! What a wonderful ambassador for professional sports and the Lord! We could use many more Mayas.

 

[RadyLady]

hmmmm.....So Diana makes a big mistake gets caught, acknowledges that she has made this mistake, atones for this mistake and makes a change in her life to not repeat this mistake EVER...
Diana almost loses the right to play basketball ever again
Diana wants to punch something organge
Diana does a bold magazine spread
Diana in her disgust throws her 2nd place medal down protest
Diana wins chamionships
Diana flips the bird.....

Diana lives in a fishbowl. Poor Diana, to have every move watched and commented upon.

When she makes a mistake, she owns up to it, when she is unfairly charged, she does all the right things to get exonerated, when she feels something is wrong she is unafraid, and when she is joyful all the world is at her feet...

I give Diana credit for staying true to herself.

 

[alexrgct]

Unfortunately, there are very few high-profile WBB, or women athletes period. D happens to be one. It's unfair, but she has to be held to a higher standard than a male athlete for this very reason. She's D, she's incredible, she fought her ass off for UCOnn, she may just be the GOAT, but she's flawed. No more so than Jordan was however.

Maya is a dream. Rare that someone has that package of competitiveness and drive and the personal attributes.

 

[Icebear]

Unfortunately, there are very few high-profile WBB, or women athletes period. D happens to be one. It's unfair, but she has to be held to a higher standard than a male athlete for this very reason. She's D, she's incredible, she fought her ass off for UCOnn, she may just be the GOAT, but she's flawed. No more so than Jordan was however.

Maya is a dream. Rare that someone has that package of competitiveness and drive and the personal attributes.

This expresses the reality of D's situation very well. Fair, no, reality, yes. And it does affect how people react to her.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Maya is a dream. Rare that someone has that package of competitiveness and drive and the personal attributes.

Was she really in Storrs for 4 years? Sometimes, it seemed too good to be true.