Liz Cambage Quotes

Liz Cambage

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : August 18, 1991

It makes me sad that if I have children and if I have a daughter and a son he is going to make so much more money if they both want to play sport.

Liz Cambage

I'm not a WWE wrestler and that's how it feels sometimes out on the court.

Liz Cambage

People may think I put my whole life out there, but I show what I want to show.

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I think it's come to a point in society where brands are changing and they like people and public figures and athletes who have something to say and take a stance on issues.

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If you want this game to be at the top level, you have to treat your players like they're top level.

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We live in a world where we just have to adapt. You can't sit around and cry. You've got to get a move on, that's the way the world is.

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I'm not one to get a big ego - I think it's an Aussie thing, I just laugh.

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My mental health has negatively impacted my ability to do my job.

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I matured a lot.

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I was raised by mum who's white and she raised me amazingly, but I was never in touch with my black side growing up in a very white-washed Australia.

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My mom used to call me Bliv - as in oblivious.

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People are scared to take a stand. If you do take a stand you receive backlash.

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I probably have taught a few people a lesson when it comes to opening their mouth and maybe thinking before you speak.

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It's funny, we make all these sacrifices for our nation, but are we really getting looked after properly at the end of the day?

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I spent my teenage years and early 20s being manipulated - well, not manipulated, but I was told what to do and what to say by agents and managers, and when I was around 23 I thought 'I am sick of pretending to be someone and saying all these things that don't really resonate with me.'

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If you look at the NBA compared to the WNBA we make half of one per cent of what the men are allowed to make.

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The WNBA is constantly called the best league in the world, yet we don't get treated like the best athletes in the world.

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I just think it's really great to see athletes painted in a picture that you don't usually get to see us in.

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Everything you're going through is just a test, and it's going to make you stronger.

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As a teenager I was really self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone else. And in Australia there weren't many black girls around - there definitely weren't any dark girls on TV - so I didn't really have anyone to look up to.

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