WNBA star Angel Reese won't be deterred by negativity.
Reese, a two-time All-Star, recently found a new home with the Atlanta Dream after she was traded during the offseason. The trade comes after what Reese describes as some highs (winning a championship at LSU and being a top-10 WNBA draft pick) and lows (learning now to navigate the narratives around her transition to the league) over the last two years.
The Dream forward says that the negativity she experienced wasn't normal or acceptable. Still, she understands it's her "new reality," and she's learning how to be grateful and graceful through her experiences.
"I'm getting pulled by the wins, but I'm also getting pulled by the losses, and how do I find a medium where I'm able to just cope with both?" Reese said on the "IMO" podcast with former First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson.
"Everybody always asks me, like, 'Are you alright?' Like, yeah, I'm alright as I can be, and everything is not great, but I try to wake up every day and just be grateful for every moment. Every moment hasn't been great, but I wouldn't change this life for anything because I've had some really good moments. And I don't want bad moments to outshine the good moments ... I try not to let the negative outshine the positive."
