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Sunday, March 31
20 Questions: UConn's Sue Bird
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20 QUESTIONS WITH UCONN'S SUE BIRD
1. Survivor or Friends?
Friends.
2. Lisa Leslie or Sheryl Swoopes?
Sheryl Swoopes.
3. Bionic Woman or Wonder Woman?
Wonder Woman. She gets to hang out with Superman.
4. Madonna or Britney Spears?
Madonna is a legend.
5. Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez or actress/singer Brandy?
Jennifer Lopez.
6. Harry Potter or Star Wars?
Star Wars.
7. What's your favorite basketball movie?
Hoosiers and Love and Basketball.
8. What's your favorite movie and TV show?
I love The Sopranos and The Rock is one of my favorite movies.
9. What's the one song that gets you pumped up before a game?
Anything by DMX.
10. When you were younger, what was your parents' favorite saying?
This is hard to explain, but if I would hurt my elbow or something
like that, I'd go show my mom and say, "Mom, it hurts when
I do this." Her reply was always, "Then don't do that."
I always thought that was funny.
11. What's your favorite line from a movie or song?
MOVIE: "Its the hard that makes it good. If it wasn't hard
everyone would do it" -- Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own.
SONG: "I'm the answer and question like Iverson" --
Jay Z in "A Million and One."
12. If you could be any super hero or cartoon character, who would
you be?
I'd be the Invisible Man.
13. Did you watch cartoons while growing up, and if so, which one
was your favorite?
Scooby Doo and Tiny Toons.
14. What's your favorite cereal and what's your typical breakfast?
Favorite Cereal is Cookie Crisp and I love egg sandwiches.
15. What's your favorite pre-game meal?
Pasta, chicken, baked potato -- pretty much the only pre-game
meal offered.
16. Do you have any pre-game rituals/superstitions?
It's a secret.
17. Why do you wear No. 10?
My sister, who is five years older, wore it when she started
playing. She picked it because she is born in October and it's the
10th month. I got the idea from her and it works out well because
I'm born in October also.
18. Person -- male or female -- you'd most want to play one-on-one?
Jason Williams from Duke.
19. Who's the one person you look up to and why?
I look up to my sister because of who she is, what she has accomplished
and what she represents. She's only 26 and still has a lot more
left in her gas tank, so I'm excited to watch her.
20. How has Sept. 11 changed your life or way of thinking?
Sept. 11 affected me in many different ways. Being from NY a
lot of my friends and family were affected first hand, and so dealing
with it all from that aspect made it even more difficult. I've become
more aware of what's going on in this country as well as in others,
and I'm Definitely more reserved when it comes to traveling by plane.
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