9.8 Maya Moore: Fear or Joy?

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"It’s natural to wrestle with insecurities and fears as you navigate your sports journey. But I want to challenge you to learn to love and seek out joy and connection as your biggest motivators.” - Maya Moore

Are you motivated by fear or love and joy?

Maya Moore is a former professional basketball player who is considered one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all time. She won multiple championships as in college at the University of Connecticut, multiple championships in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx, and multiple Olympic gold medals with our US women’s national team.

Maya knows what championship teams look like, and she spoke on that in her Hall of Fame speech.

In her speech, Moore said, “It’s natural to wrestle with insecurities and fears as you navigate your sports journey.” She later said, “But I want to challenge you to learn to love and seek out joy and connection as your biggest motivators.” 

Moore said the best teams are the most connected teams, and when you see the best teams in college basketball, the NBA, and the WNBA in interviews, they are always talking about each other and the joy that they have being together.

Learn from teammates who have more experience than you. Find joy in helping someone else get better and in seeing them shine at what they are good at. Find joy in having people around you who believe in you and in whom you believe in as well.

Be a great teammate by finding ways to connect with the people around you, help them get better, and celebrate them and their successes.

Question of the Day: What is something you can do to lead with joy, not fear?

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