Richard Williams mapped out Venus’ and Serena’s lives before they were born. Tiger Woಞods was a toddler when he putted with Bob Hope on “The Mike Douglas Show.”🏅 Wayne Gretzky scored 378 goals when he was 10.
Breanna Stewart was … tall.
That was the only reason she was asked to join her first travel basketball team. She was the only player on the Syracuse Stars who couldn’t dribble between her legs. She was the 10-year-old whose coach was most uncomfortable when the ball was in heღr hands.
“I say this with love: ‘She wasn’t very good,’” said former Stars coach Bob Zywicki. “She was trying her best, but the coordination wasn’t there yet. The confidence wasn’t there. She was timid, withdrawn, introverted. She just didn’t feel comfortable. Those first couple years, she’d have two points, four points, maybe a cou𝓡ple rebounds a game.”
