http://www.wnba.com/features/ten_years_ago.html What WNBA Players Were Doing a Decade Ago Ten Years Ago, I Was... Ten years ago, the world of professional women's basketball was very different. Not only was there no WNBA, but the only place for female athletes to get a chance to show their stuff on the professional level was overseas. Now, only a few of the players who were playing in Europe and around the world back in 1994 are even left in the WNBA while today's younger players were first becoming interested in basketball around that time. Here is what some of them had to say about just what they were doing back in the day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stacey Dales-Schuman, Washington Mystics Mitchell Layton/NBAE/Getty Images Kara Lawson, Sacramento Monarchs "Ten years ago I was… 12 years old, in sixth grade, playing basketball and soccer at the same time doing that year round and having a good time. A.A.U. was my first taste of national basketball." Stacey Dales-Schuman, Washington Mystics "Ten years ago I was… in high school, tying to figure out who I was and figured out that I had an unbelievable passion for the game of basketball. I learned how lucky I was because of the family I have - parents who allowed me to become who I am." Cheryl Ford, Detroit Shock "Ten years ago I was… 12 years old playing AAU ball down in Munroe, Louisiana." Ruth Riley, Detroit Shock "Ten years ago, I was… 14 years old (laughs). Tall, lanky, uncoordinated, having fun." Nikki Teasley, Los Angeles Sparks "Ten years ago, I was… a shy, little girl who wanted to be a basketball star." Tina Thompson, Houston Comets "Ten years ago, I was… a sophomore in college, planning to get a degree in sociology and psychology and go on to law school." Andrea Stinson, Charlotte Sting "Ten years ago, I was… in Europe, competing, getting better, learning more about the game." Swin Cash, Detroit Shock Allen Einstein/NBAE/Getty Images Swin Cash, Detroit Shock "Ten years ago, I was… in the projects, bouncing a basketball, trying to work on my game to become a superstar." Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever "Ten years ago, I was… 14 years old… what was I doing ten years ago? I was a freshman in high school in Chicago, my sister and I were on the same varsity team. She is a year older than me, so I got to move up and play with her." Nykesha Sales, Connecticut Sun "Ten years ago, I was… just getting into college, trying to figure out how I was going to get a car out of my parents." Teresa Weatherspoon, Los Angeles Sparks "Ten years ago, I was… younger." Sue Bird, Seattle Storm "Ten years ago, I was… in ninth grade and so excited that I made the varsity high school soccer team." Katie Smith, Minnesota Lynx "Ten years ago, I was… nineteen, I was trying to be a scholar-athlete. I had just finished my first USA Basketball experience." Nikki McCray, Phoenix Mercury "Ten years ago I was… a young, very, very naive person that did not understand anything about life as far as what life really has to offer. Now I understand how you have to be a go-getter, how you have to be disciplined, have a great work ethic and goals if you want to be successful." Cynthia Cooper, former Comets Star and current broadcaster "Ten years ago… I had geri curl and I was out of control." --

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