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Candace Parker Biography

Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is the younger sister of former NBA player Anthony Parker and was the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only female to receive the award twice.

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You want your coach's blessing.

Blessing, Coaches, Want

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.

Credit, Dad, Dunk, Intense Training, University, Years

You're measured by championships no matter what.

Championship, Championships, Matter, Measured, No Matter What

It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.

Career, Careers, Children, Exciting, Remember, Young

I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.

Games, Injured, Same, Think, Thinking

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

Bring, Coming, Dad, Days, Reality, School

So you have to take the good with the bad.

Bad, Goes On, Good, Life Going On, Smile, Take

Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way I am achieving my dreams.

Achieving, Done, Dream, Dreams, Today, Way

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.

Basketball, Careers, Inspirational, People, Please, Time

I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now.

Girl, Girls, Looks, Thinking, Wnba, Young

I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal.

Appeal, Crossover, Female, Mind, Want

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.

Athlete, Athletes, Dropped, Father, Kids, Male

My baby is the joy in my life.

Baby, Joy, Life, My Baby

For me, family has always come first.

Come, Family, Firsts

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

Moving, Rich, Sparks, Success, Tradition, Wnba

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

Age, Dad, Extremely, Firsts, Hard, Young

I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.

Daughter, Men, Mother, Salaries, Think, Wnba