Weatherspoon shares her thoughts on abolitionist Harriet Tubman and on how she views herself and the WNBA in the context of women's history.
Born a slave in 1820, Tubman escaped in 1849 and went on to become a central part in the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.
"If I could spend a day with Harriet Tubman, I’d be very, very happy. I would really be happy. It’s amazing to me, and it all goes back to the leadership thing. I try to find little things outside the game of basketball to help me to be a leader with the team in which I try to lead. And Harriet Tubman, if I could spend a day with her, just to see what she was thinking, to go back and get some of the slaves and to take them into freedom with not one, not one was captured. I would just really love to have an opportunity to talk with her. "
Do you think of yourself and the WNBA as a part of women's history?
"I hope so. Just playing in Madison Square Garden period, I know I’m a part of history. I know that. But hopefully, whenever – since everybody has already said that I’ve retired, but I haven’t and that has never come from me and I’m not going to retire anytime soon – but when I do decide to leave the game, hopefully I did some great things so after it’s said and done, my name will still be mentioned some of the time."
