Sue Bird

Basketball superstar Sue Bird will come out of retirement to fight for her fifth Olympic gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics despite COVID-19 uncertainty. What makes Sue Bird push her way through obstacles when others would have given up? Bird (who, has won 3 WNBA championships with the Seattle Storm, 4 Olympic gold medals, 2 NCAA Championships with UConn, and 4 FIBA World Cups) is one of 11 women to attain all four accolades. Here, she reveals the name of the greatest point guard in basketball’s history, talks about body image and posing nude on the cover of ESPN, the magazine, alongside girlfriend, Megan Rapinoe. Fueled by her mantra of “living in the positive versus dwelling on negativity,” Bird faces adversity, blasting criticism, and multiple knee injuries with equal resolve. “No one wants adversity,” she says, “but it’s coming.” Unshakable to the core, Sue Bird approaches everything from Olympic uncertainty, to showing court-side emotion, to co-hosting the virtual ESPYS Awards June 21 alongside Rapinoe and NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson, with unstoppable determination: “all in, all the way!” #UnstoppablePodcasts