Carla McGhee and Ruthie Bolton

00:01 52 of today's date is December 29th. 2028 Georgia and I have the pleasure of chatting with a good friend of mine Ruthie, Bolton.

00:23 How do we know each other for a long time? We've been teammates for a huge part of our lives with USA Basketball Olympics and Phoebe playing overseas. As I stated. I'm a basketball player played in the Olympics in 96 and Atlanta after experience on 1012 consolata great goals Hall of Famer with women's basketball with Tennessee with Illinois Awards.

01:02 Wow, I'm trying to pick up at awards like just like I'm more a team player go out of my words have been through Olympics winter in Europe. Unfortunately, nothing in the WNBA are the ATL just really proud of my Olympic gold medal Ruthie. How about you son of Ron McClain, Mississippi? I have a small family of 20. I have 11 sisters and eight brothers and they helped me to come to back about that all that. I've been through the can you I'm thankful to my family for that paper to my mom and dad's for the foundation and the dryer that they gave me.

01:49 I love basketball and I'm honored to be sitting and talking with my amazing friend Carla McGhee. We caused big red and she's been amazing amazing basketball player friend. She has been an awesome teammate and so our relationship and friendship through the years and have grown and on the basketball court and off the basketball court, and I'm just honored to have shared the basketball arena with her with amazing. Amazing. Olympian is Spirit. She is

02:22 I love the game of basketball in and it has really taken me across the country. I've been blasted play in the 96 and 2015 and I'll Bassett played on 11th and reminded me and I'm so thankful blackout play don't you were camping two teams and individual war that in a multiplayer also, but the individual war that means a lot to me. I was playing the year in 1990 after the youth World University games and that War means a lot to me because of a year prior. I wasn't almost quit basketball. I wasn't I didn't think the National Arena was for me I wanted but the guy had a lot of challenges I had to endure and so I took a leap of faith and courage I decide to go there and pay my way through trials made the team.

03:15 Ruthie what is things that I wanted people to know was like how you grew up in this huge family roll part of Mississippi and then made it to Auburn a lot of people don't know, you know, I know your family were a lot of people don't know that you weren't like a Piccadilly place. We sold yourself to Auburn. He was like yo you bet on me. Now the rewards are going to be great later, You had a sister de Olla who is basically I just started a family it turned out. So if you can just share, you know, like like you already showed you already said like where you grew up with McLain, Mississippi, but like how did the help you with basketball? And then like, how did you get into sports? I mean that was an outlet of yours, but just shared in your own words.

04:15 Oh, yeah, definitely be a growing up in Mississippi and playing with my brother is in and I was a apple series tomboy had a horrific Derek Earl. I have a twin brother. I look more like the brother than he did. But hey, I was talking to everything we did was jump fences climbing trees. I want to be the very best that it was it was jumping over puddle water. I want to be the best at that and I was a fierce competitor. And so that deer prepare me for the challenges. I wasn't hiding recruited my sister mailed like you're older. She was the Superstar. She hasn't finesse game that a beautiful game the top 20 colleges wanted her but I was just little sister that I didn't get the letters and I did get the phone call and it was very discouraging. I almost did.

05:04 Threw up her hands and walked away and sold the only School.

05:09 That they gave me a chance to screw with my sister went all reversi, but they presented me with challenges. They say I won I wouldn't even play into my GMC in here because I was totally different and so that was discouraging but it also it is nice something inside of me to hate you either. This is when there's a saying you don't put all your eggs in one basket with this is the opportunity to talk when you put everything you got for that only bastard. You got one bath in all it was my only opportunity. So yes, I faced a challenge I went there and let me back up. I had to get on the bus. They put me on a Greyhound bus to go to Auburn High School busy and my sister Florida private jet but hey and life is always where you going. That's how you get there how far from the only way I can get there and that's what I did and that my dad told me. He's a daughter.

06:03 And that's what he called me most of the time because he come over my name. He says get on that bus because that could be the most important ride you will ever take and it was one of those imported ride that I would ever do that. But I want to play college basketball know what I have had the opportunity to go further Beyond. So, yes it really the value that that that taught me was about David deep within yourself that there's always something on the other side of fear on the other side of fear that's bait and then there is success and there's a whole it's amazing. It's a lot of things but if you don't

06:39 If you don't climb that mountain you never know. What's at the top right and it's our stories are so contrast because like with me, you know, you don't like I got tired of being the only girl on picture day with the boys. I was in the back. So I saw a grade because someone came in the hallway you need to play but I have like my biological father was an athlete 7-footer, you know, my uncle who is like a star but they were always males that about right when I got to high school. I found it kind of, you know gave me some validity like, okay, this is something that I'm good at and now people know me so I like you like I was recruited by everybody and the challenge for me was

07:36 Like you had to go to all running improve your work and I still like I went to Tennessee because I was better than what I was cuz you have to talk to you to see all we have is all Americans. So I'll just trying to figure out how was I going to make it impact? So that's really crazy that we ended up at the same spot. What kind of USA basketball but our Journeys were so different. So it's like I always like to share with people like to say, it doesn't matter how you get to some place is what you do to solidify in that place and piggybacking off of that question knowing our sport basketball when he can you describe our sport in your own words and before you do that.

08:27 Also think of three words. No, I'm sorry not work three sounds you associate basketball with

08:38 Describe the game of basketball in your own words with what do you like? Our game is like in your own the game of basketball team work and reward and that's one reason. I like that, because you can do a lot of good things you can you know, you can make a great pass cuz you can score you to make a great time. You can set a screen you can play defense is so many things to do so I would have been I don't think I would have been too good at soccer or two good at basketball has been rewarding to me because I can admit to Scott I can reward I can get back on defense and stop stop them from scoring. So there's so many opportunities to read to be really I did and I love the teamwork should I think they're being from a big family and a brother I love

09:38 Do people in nice and I love energy. I love being around you or something just like being alone. But I love people people give me energy and I think that's from growing up in a big family. So I love to come around and get my team but we working toward one goal, but you need everybody to win you need everybody to be successful. And if you can score you can set a screen if you can't set us free, maybe the box that rebound so himself as an opportunity for everybody to join me in and help make that offer to help make that game II

10:07 Now what three sounds do you think about when you think about that?

10:20 Clap your hands with someone cheers for me or it's going to get back on defense and

10:28 And also the basketball dribbling bouncing and

10:54 Yes Ruby. I did say three work. So if I would have to throw that back on me and I would say, you know, he was saying Karla Arce board.

11:10 To me it is so imperative because I tell kids all the time that piece of leather changes lives you and I both know that it changes. Zip code area code altitudes attitude and it helps like like you said teamwork like I am a huge proponent of teamwork. I love people like you so it is easy. But our game he gave me Sisterhood. He gave me 11 other sisters being that we were together for over a year and are in are you no striving to get that Liquid Gold Medal. So it's like it's something that scope it up.

11:53 Chelsea embedded really good habits in us and took away from Bad Habit. Cuz if you were selfish you won't last long around us and then so I would say three words when I think a basketball definitely the the drilling of the ball definitely.

12:12 A whistle whistles always think of basketball and then the cheer excitement clapping hands, so

12:28 Movie on like kind of going past and Ruthie Lake. Can you share like like I know so much about you because you know, we've been friends for years, but I would really like for people to understand how good basketballs busy. Like, I feel like basketball help bring you out and help Define your own you came from a family. Feelings. Like, you know, how you told me you didn't dinner table guard your food. Do you know I got to see you flourish as a young adults and even into later in our later life, like when we played together see Mason Europe, so if you could just like elaborate like how basketball help you grow as a person and then a little part A Part B, and then just share with us. Like who's your greatest fan or what was your greatest inspiration of becoming the you that you are?

13:28 Wow, man, I can't basketball has been a vehicle that has taken me across the country. I lavish I'm to my I marinate in their experience when we used to travel we would travel and whether we have a 505 hour layover in the airport to me, I'll get down I'll be doing push-ups and sit-up and I didn't care if we got back on the plane and we flew to get out and go straight to the gym all of that. I love so much because every moment because of the Challenger because I almost didn't play I marinated every moment the good in the bad and struggle the challenges the sleepless night. I love everything about it because

14:13 I almost lost it basketball has been something that it helped me and help me gain power. That's how I went through a lot of challenges in my personal life basketball was a safe haven for me. It was an accredited this our community of for women that just validate me. I love you know going going for a loose ball of with my teammates validated me and edify me because I went through during my basketball career. I went through domestic violence. My personal life was a struggle but on the basketball court has where I saw it because I was lifted up by my teammates and they allow me to be me. I saw me. I have basketball called my life became part of my world and knowing that it it it it it it bridge the gap in Annapolis. I have families and I have family and friends and sweet and when I play basketball to me across the country friends friendship that lasts a lifetime.

15:11 After me, it is so tangible and it's so important. So amazing that basketball can bridge the gap between the different countries and creativity other families. They people that it makes the world seem so small, so I'm beyond thankful and without that in my in the inspiration from it was really my father invited my dad because I think about all the things I got when I pick the gold medal in the Hall of Fame to where I was thinking I gave my dad that kept believing in me and he reminded me of my greatness and telling what I want to quit and I want to give up my dad for daughter. Hang in there. You got that. This is yours. He said don't let no one take your power. Don't let anything so that my dad was my hero. My mom was my Shero and they gave me the major foundation and that's why that's why I love the game so much and that's why I said

16:11 Go back now because so many games to me.

16:15 That's awesome. I mean me as your friend like, you know, I know that nothing. I just think it's so important that we can share like, I know we use our different platform to share that I know for me, you know Torah who was our Olympic coach Moore she just surpassed. She's now the winningest coach and I know it was it was acting like an electrolyte how you feel or what? Do you have been coached and I was like, you know what I have been coached by the two winning hands and the two most awesome coaches ever in women's basketball with Pat and Son who's now gone Russell do and now Cara and I got to be at the time it was crazy and I was wondering is punishment imposed enjoying life, but didn't know they were setting me up to be accountable for the small things.

17:12 Mia Campbell because there are more people that represent that across my chest. It was more than Tennessee. It was tough and it was the people that had going to Tennessee before me play there. And so I am just so thankful for this game that a I had to the greatest coaches. Then I came along and I had awesome teammates and I have people that believe me when I didn't believe in myself like, you know my parents and like my some of my sorority sisters some of my friends, you know, who is your biggest fan and I like I feel like I'm a kid. I'm at athlete's Village to raise a kid. So like I'm so thankful for my Village of people and then it kind of is trying to help people understand that.

18:09 Whatever sacrifices we had to do because I don't know if you remember Ruthie daddy here. Like I still remember we were the first ever to do what we did in 95.

18:23 You remember you're making good money in your Katrina Teresa Charlie to all the money and we decided to take that little stipend that was not even close to 6 and say hey, we're going to take a year out of our Lives. We have big people that do you know that support us you had Nike Reebok and Adidas you had the NBA you had heart attack in New York sabbatical off from Sanford and I don't know did you know at the time what how big the steaks were for us? If we would like to get the gold medal in Atlanta like to talk about that? Wow, amazing picture of you reminding me of so much of the sacrifice that we did and I want you to search for y'all cuz I was making some decent money but the sacrifice was so worth it it was

19:23 The call that we were all the Bible or the Bible say your gift will put you before great men and we all have gifts and talents we came together and one team one family one goal and that was to win to go and I can remember so was talking about you miss about Tire Belleville love her as a coach.

19:45 Auburn let me let me let me put this because you were her favorite. How about we say that I was trying to kick my but she challenged me. She she helped you because Tara vanderveer make sure even though she might have liked me whatever she was and she respected me and she was expecting my work at the but I still had to perform. I still had it in me to work my butt off, I believe and it's cold so much as she had told me I can fly I would have believed that I would have got on top of a building and stuff like that lady anything. She said I'm telling you I held onto every word. She said Ruthie. I don't know what happened at college, but I want you to know that you can be one of the world best shooter. Mm is great. But you do what you got to get some stuff. I need you to make. But I remember she said and this week I need for you to shoot threes. One day make that suggest you make 303 is one day the next Amy 200 pull-up jumpers and

20:45 They make another 253 so she challenged me of myself and what an amazing teacher and if we and again with the Olympics used to listen, I don't care. I know all these other team just want to get a medical. Listen if we can anything less than the gold medal. We have fell that was pressure for then that felt great. We knew there was no room. At least we still we turn to Stone over and we turn it over again that what we were so cute in and I hope like I'm the sheriff will quit calling up you remember we were she drove us to the stadium about 10 months ago for the Olympics in Georgia and we got out the van nearby. What is this? What you do? I don't know. I don't know which is the last in a line and we looked at a video of team and individual that have lost in the past 11. We saw the agony of defeat of the Spanish and disappointment.

21:45 And then she showed us a 3-minute version of teams that have won in the bills that have won that fight that the joy that just that the overwhelming that the heart was overflowing. It was so excited. She's a which one you want sex then I want you to close your eyes and Teresa Edwards was passing her gold medal round putting around our neck the first you ask a question which one you want if there's anything left in the gold. She said you might as well we buy your ticket right now go home. No no love lost. And so we all course we all said. Hey, yeah, we want to win the gold exactly where we stood see look at this image exactly where we stood is where the podium would be for the gold medal. She had already mapped it out and it where we stood.

22:33 You willing to sacrifice when you feel like quitting you feel like you're not working too hard you think about which one do you want this and that business you gave up on it. Just stay with me and I thought about putting that better on putting that better on I want to go so she got it fixed and out. Mine that it is the gold medal anything left. You don't deserve to be here. That's the mentality and that's how we work everyday in practice is at we didn't want anybody. We will experience lose. It ain't one thing about losing people to believe in women basketball. We have to do it in style and install we did 6 years old and we went to take kick butt and take names.

23:20 Right, I do like it is so funny cuz you suppress so many memories and I do remember that it's like man, like people like crazy, but I will say this.

23:52 All the stuff we did and when you just brought up that memory I thought about we walked in the stadium. I remember how we were in that room and it took forever for us to call United States. We like we like all excited to see like the NBA player, you know to see the track and field, you know, the gym now cuz you know, we watch them and they were all walking out and I remember Muhammad Ali had the torch remember he had to torture and he was he was going to light the Eternal Flame has brought me back to win the president. I don't know if you remember when the president had me flying to DC and I got the torch from him and it just it just help me remember all of the great things. And so if I can say some you say besides

24:49 You know that bad day with Tara And the game so I can do you remember what you felt like?

25:00 Right before I first game in Olympics every time I tell the story I just watched the replay.

25:17 I want the Olympic. I think it's August 9th is gay and I'm just like of course I know what the outcome but every time I do I would like oh my God, oh my God, to myself. Like it was just happening like right now and one of my friends that I can I please you still mad cuz you missed that shot all the $20 like I should have made from telling you it's so I know it's a cliche is that seem like just yesterday, but I'm telling you these these moments these experiences of so-called in my heart and my mind and I thought I had lost my gold medals at what time I can find out of the Saudi Arabia the whale that was good while they lasted I said, but you know what you can take the metal but you would never been to take this experience from this memories. That just died. I did my heart start racing when I think about this this experience and it's harder. I remember her telling me and I know before we start I know that one game I have

26:17 Share about what's a 92 gold medal game and I'll look at them when you asked me about but we will get married play Brazil and they have beaten us two years prior to your prior. And Paula was calling her kids get two players. I could not make me lose some sleep. I'll have to be on it. Those girls will want some the best girl in a country ham to my day with a quarterback of the team that the score they just scored 50 points in a game easy. So I knew I had my work cut out for me to call Ashley. What do you think the Cubs winning tomorrow night? It was day before the game after while we got played as a team. We got we got to be ready. We got it. We got to wait for you.

27:00 You going to be you don't have to be to carry a team on your back defensively. I said what she said, I don't want from you. If I don't think you could do it. I would ask you that but you got to be so ready. You got to pick that girl because she thought what you to get in her Grill. Okay, if she goes to the bathroom you go with her cuz I want you to get her Grill calling. I want to be able to place use the brush your teeth with okay, cuz I'm like you have a question something for me. I got you. Listen, I woke up the next morning my stand listen, I'm telling you I was so Gary and so Focus cuz I knew that in order for us to show people that we can play basketball. We had to win the gold and all kinds of women. Do I have the best performance the defensive because she played with company, but she gets going so be a long night, but if you can hurt you let her know fungus fart.

28:00 Who's going to just take this game? It's going to be it's going to make things. I hope we going to be the one celebrating and sure enough me. I look call it when I walked in the court. May I look at and when I saw that replay all this time, look at look at her. I didn't say a word but you know what my eyes on her. This is going to be the worst day of your life. I want you to Grant you ever put tissues on listen here and I'm telling you this is about 29.5 points a game. I always ask the kids when I said I said listen when I got done with that Brazilian, they called Magic all of that dream like Magic Johnson. How many points does she have I got going with her and the kids all the way through out something like 10:15 or some some might say like 6 and I mailed her a three-course e3point, but she ain't over six total.

28:56 Listen to I told the kids I said the only reason I let her make one is because I'm a Christian. I didn't want I didn't want the law to keep me out of heaven for being so mean, but I wouldn't do that. No, you don't come and I would you coming out that do you think you're going to take this? I must know it ain't happening. So I let her go to the day. She does not like me, but hey it and it gave us that we have to be able to sacrifice for my country. I would if I had to do it all over again, I would do the same to sacrifice to be able to just give it was one of the most amazing accountability assignment ever done on the basketball court, and it was just beautiful.

29:37 What happened? I remember being there and I mean it was it was like a it was a great show cuz he don't tell her she was one of people had a great one-liners like we would be mad cuz like whiskey is not running the play but you always do the swipe to get the ball and shoot and then I remember one time we were watching film and Hortensia or Fallen London shot. You were probably by half-court line and then I was mad cuz she was fixing her hair great memories install like no one can ever take anything that away from us, but like can you share like, how how does it feel like now to be an Olympian outside of the school?

30:32 I doubt it. Listen when twisting around before this is all before the we had to have them now and Tara came in and she found that the listeners got to hear. This is Nikki McCray your defense Theresa are with no experience who played it for Olympics your leadership. I've been calling she said somebody calling your enthusiasm your spirit. What you bring to the you literally a window think reason you was on the team because of your yard. There's nothing ever accomplished without enthusiasm and your your excitement or two that you would be a great teammate. You know, what when she got to me see she said this one the greatest compliment I could ever have done from the coast. He said I just flat out told the committee. I'm not leaving.

31:32 Ruthie I could trust her in my Foxhole. Okay. That's a military term. Is that the fossil is it a danger zone from my phone to the next if you don't have great, you going to end up getting shot and killed but she said I want some I like Ruthie in my Foxhole. She already she she called me out from the gate. She called me out like like I let me that I got to go to practice every day ready. I got to be there for my teammates. I got cuz I want everybody to know that they can trust me in that box. So she gave me a self-fulfilling prophecy. Like this is what I want to me. I just I want to share that because I want to hear my Olympic Coast to hear her say that was use them in the end. They call me out and it made me think about that throughout their gear.

32:20 So they'll just being Beyond basketball those memories. Share in any time. I speak it as I travel the world and speak. I do a lot of a lot of overseas and speak. I take my medals with me because I talk about now this right here and have shaped me and help me to be the person that I eventually became and I and I'm thankful that I can you backwash a to get around to Pat myself on the back number Olympia now being able to use my lamp one to really help Inspire Nation like we both are doing I've done basketball training but I like to just really remind these young people that they matter. Listen that's not it doesn't matter if you're the greatest, but I want you to know that you got to look in the mirror know that there's something great about you that there's something like and I share my expense about I wasn't Superstar athlete that I was highly decorated. I had to claw and fight with everything I got

33:21 Behind the clouds are so many hoes. I had to get a climb so many guess what if I hadn't kept climbing I would have never known it was at the top of what was that was upset. That was great. It was waiting for me greatness is awaiting that what I share with your people with a lot of kids. And another thing I do see that I've been doing a lot is on my book for painted or I'll be sharing with women like like like I mentioned earlier going through domestic violence a lot of people that know what I was going through to those years to do dark place in my life, except for I have no bitterness in my heart because I can spread my wings now it's not not just flying it's about suing I could spread my wings and soar because now I've been able to be transparent. I've let go of a lot of dingoes holding me. And if so many women that have reached out to me says

34:19 I came out three and a half years go by domestic violence when they did a documentary on ESPN. So many women said thank you for giving me closure. Thank you for giving me permission to rewrite my story. Thank you for giving me the courage to take my power back to me that those don't come and see those are frequent play those able to fill in the gap on able to pass the ball. If you will let them know. Hey, you know what you can win you can get through this and so it's just it's been just so rewarding to be able to travel the world and be able to speak and let them know that you matter that in spite of what you call through. You can get your power back you are Mighty have to be like today.

35:07 Okay, so I'm not sure if people understand how much pressure it was for us to get to go. I know.

35:22 I didn't quite understand that. I mean, I knew we would every week they would be saying remember you're not an Olympian you're on the national team. I remember that they are bike parts stores.

35:39 Like I don't know if people understood how much money was poured in the steam from you know, like Nike believing in US.

35:50 You know leaving our job like can you explain like how much pressure you feel like cuz I know for me.

35:58 The first couple of months it didn't see my pressure. But as we got closer to the Olympics and understanding that the 92 team had lost and it was basically everything to bring back to relevancy in the greatness of Good Ole American basketball with what it was like for you to the pressure Depression was it was a lot of place but it was good pressure. See, I don't know. It's so weird. Like it was told us that we have to like most people to make the Olympics. If you just get a metal you have to teach you the price of what we have to just we had to be perfect we work. So perfect in every day. It was first built that good pressure because it was it was feeling good and I feel like we have work so hard we work so long to the year that I was so ready. I was so hungry I buy when you sit down at table see if you're not that hungry the food don't taste that good, you know, like

36:58 Will you sit down at table and you hungry and you got them collard greens? You got the cabbage over here?

37:05 When you hungry

37:07 Omit it. You're so much better when you hungry you got this with litmus drive and so is he asked me was pressure but I am placed it. I knew it was that it was a situation where hey it is now or never. This is one bamf if we put every ad we got it ain't there is no plan B as we were preparing for the Olympics. There's no plan B, and if she hadn't told us yet we get a metal. We probably would have been relaxing like okay, you know, but no we knew we had to go in and we had to make a statement. We have a huge steak. So it was pressure but it was that good for a person like note that so many people in the world. So many athletes would love to be where you are.

37:48 You are here for a reason. I like how that feels amazing. The whole world is going to be watching her. And so she was just it was a thing where I should never forget and it excites my body get warm nothing about as we prepare for practice as we are we prepared to do this this major feet. And so it was a kind of pressure that I embrace that we got a pressure that elevated me that are find me and we can all support about great teammate. I knew it was it was just all about to get I knew there was nobody in the world that could beat up a 40-minute the only thing separating out before and after basketball. Nobody knew that was going to come back and beat up Apartments a bath while they may have some good runs, but we were too good and too much Unity.

38:34 Okay. Trivia. Do you remember?

38:39 No one beat us that whole year we travel Europe Australia Asia vacation quote training camps in Hawaii. What was I record for that?

38:53 I thought it was 50 an hour 64 form what game but she said we 109 scrimmages. We never lost a similar really we would like 90 or no wheel early, but but we will stick the 606, you know, where we will they can't we were in games but the scrimmage is we never lost his Family Guy the photographer said hey, you can learn from your watching. You can learn from law for tomorrow when you win a Challenger so much that we had goals ever gave him when we won if we didn't miss out if we didn't meet our rebounding gold our Cisco hour of Steel gold then we got punished in practice.

39:53 We were kissing you were practicing against the world back. So I'm just so thankful. That that kept us trophy kept us focus on being the best.

40:04 All right. Well Ruthie as usual, you know, we quit we get on the phone we can talk for hours and hours. Unfortunately week we do have a time limit, but if I could just ask one thing of you if you had a tagline or or a simple.

40:22 20 30 second elevator speech in you wanted to share with a young girl somebody that no basketball. Somebody does know basketball. If you had one thing you wanted to know if you have one thing you want to be remembered by what would it be and why is that I'm going to say it is funded up in this cuz we all have our own set of fingerprints. We all have our individuality to the world. You might be one person but to one person you could be and when I probably speak and I'll tell this girl at the listen to be just like you don't see after no I want you to be better than me and no matter what has happened to you no matter what you don't have or what you do have to the world. You might be one person but to impress be the world. Guess what there's nobody in the world like you guess what that all the inviting her ass for you to be the best version of yourself.

41:21 The best version of us all of you in about two-and-a-half keep blessing keeping the best burger you because you are great. You are amazing. You're unique. This is your time. This is your season. That's what I said young girls.

41:35 Well, I dare not to even go behind that because I feel like I can attach myself that I just want to say. Thank you. And it's all in his always been honored to be your teammate travel and go through the Journey of a Savage and basketball. I don't know how many people understand our team that 9695 9th and when I receive it and can I buy take away we are the reason there is a WNBA there wasn't a b l there is a chance for girls to dream and tried harder. There's a chance for us found all the boundaries of title title 10 Title Nine and to do good understand that this is a game that can change your life.

42:29 Your area code your ZIP code your attitude altitude and I just want to say thank you for being more than my teammate for being so I really do love you and I do appreciate you having a conversation with me. Thank you. Say I love you too girl Keith like that. I'm sending you.

42:52 Missing you just I'm thankful to the almighty made you all of my sister for life. I love you dearly and I'm telling you it is is just so beautiful to be able to share this with the platform. What basketball can do bring relationships in and out memories ago Lifehouse. You can see me in two and twenty years number still remember this amazing experience. I've had with you all during this beautiful. Thank you so much.

43:18 Ruthie I'm sitting here looking at you just all chiseled and cut up and it kind of brings me back to what life

43:29 Pre like during basketball and I would be remiss if I didn't just mention this because you stated in a minute of your responses. How how you almost walked away and how much you overcome and I share a lot you when I'm when I'm talk about people that a lot of people don't know that I was in a terrible car accident you remember that we're broke every bone in my face. I broke my hip husky voice more people be like with that be all sir, and I'm like, I'm really a female if I have a hold of my voice by all that is a tribute to a car accident do that accident, you know doctor said I never walked in and I walked again I Glimpse and what people don't realize it's not only did I walk again, but I went on to win another championship went on to be teammates with great people like you and women, you know, Goodwill world country. We got there, you know about that.

44:29 The Olympic in a place even be your teammate in and Italy, but the biggest thing that I take from that is I made a promise.

44:41 Forgot that if you let me cuz I'm going to call money all that other great stuff mouth wired shut and you let me talk and speak again never take people and things for granted and I am so thankful that I held up my end of the bargain. So when you said was hard what went around us, and she said why you think you may see me know, you know, you know, she was like because I was good but like you said I brought some to the team like it was my job to make sure everybody stayed up everybody believe, you know, that some days I was not happy, but I realized it for everybody to be successful, especially when you play natti. You have to accept your role.

45:32 Embrace it and knock it out the park. So again, I just want to say thank you because I'm like forever, you know grateful for all of my teammates, but you and I wish you are special because we were roommates in Colorado Springs and then we went on to live life differently than some other kind of parts in through it all we remain close like we can like today we can go ahead and talk in a couple weeks and then we just bring it back. So I want to tell you I'm proud of you. I respect you and the kids sharing your platform sharing your missing on your platform and keep doing the great things you're doing and I hope everybody out there listening us has enjoyed our chat together because it's organic and it's very real estate as we closing. I want to say see I can trust you in my Foxhole with the traits that you have because of your energy your fight and your tenacity and you right you had a

46:32 But the thing that that you brought the us nobody could have brought us at the time it is is your enthusiasm your disposition in your positive energy your positive. So I just thank you so much, and I thank you for your heart and I'm glad that we going to be teammates for life.