Liz Cambage Quotes

Liz Cambage

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : August 18, 1991

A lot of my life is just - a lot of my life I've just felt like a piece of meat. No one actually really cares, they only care if you're playing.

Liz Cambage

Being a thicker post player, and being someone who grew up with self-confidence issues, it's pretty empowering that I've been chosen as this figurehead of basketball in my sport.

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I was bullied since primary school, for everything.

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Australia isn't the most diverse place when it comes to media and advertising. I literally had no one to look at on TV other than Beyonce and Rihanna - and I definitely do not look like those amazing women.

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Growing up for me, it was so hard. I had no one who was different to look up to.

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I'm so proud of my 6-foot-8 body and everything I can do with it.

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I'm so proud of my skin.

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It wasn't until I moved to America that I started to really embrace my body and my skin color and who I really am.

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I've spent a lot of years confused. Am I straight? Am I bi? Is there something wrong with me that I'm not attracted to girls? Everyone's always expecting me to be gay. I'm like, 'No, I love men.'

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I think a lot of the things I do are because I want to be the idol or the role model that I never had when I was a kid.

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When I was a kid, I didn't have any women of color to look up to in Australia. So a lot of the things I do, I keep in mind that I think I'm making my younger self really proud.

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I'm so excited to be the first WNBA player on Wilson's Advisory Staff. It's beyond important for women like me to have a seat at the table to influence creative ideas and provide performance insights.

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Social issues is something I've been a part of changing and pushing for. It's embedded and ingrained in my soul. It's not something that personally I try to plan. It just comes in the heat of the moment.

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As a female athlete, I feel like I'm not allowed to be sexy and I'm not allowed to be that person.

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I remember when I shaved half my head at 18 or 19 and my mom sat me down. She thought that was me coming out. I was like, 'No, I just look good with a shaved head.'

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My whole life, I have been told to focus on my sport. But at the end of the day, I'm a human and I'm fighting for things bigger than just my sport.

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All society wants from me is to sit down, shut up, go to training and play my sport.

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Music is a big part of my life.

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I grew up playing piano and violin, and then basketball took over.

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Even playing in China and with the Opals, basketball got really negative for me.

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