00:00A lot of things inspire me, and for the fact that a lot of females here in the Gambia,
00:18they are more into football than basketball.
00:20So I decided to divert from football and play basketball, and it brought a lot of opportunity
00:26to me, which I'm glad of.
00:34One thing that inspired me is me playing basketball with the hijab on, which is something that
00:40a lot of people keep talking about, but I don't mind.
00:44I used to be disturbed at first, but now it's verified with me because it's about a decade
00:49now.
00:50In the Gambia, we have less female ballers, so encouraging these young ones is an amazing
00:54thing.
00:55As I face a lot of challenges, especially my family, some will say, OK, you are a girl,
01:07and I think you should do something else, better than playing basketball.
01:11And I was like, I love this game, so I'm going to do it.
01:13It's been two...
01:14She's somehow my mentor.
01:15Honestly, she's somehow my mentor, because sometimes there are times that I don't even
01:19want to be.
01:20I just want to stay home, like being discriminated from a lot of people.
01:23But seeing her being consistent in what she does, and coming for training every day, calling
01:27me every day, becoming like, girl, let's go for training, is another thing, honestly.
01:31Binti is a mentor to me.
01:33I have learned so many things in her, and I love the way she plays.
01:40The confidence she has, that encourages me to play basketball.
01:50We have a lot of girls who really want to play basketball, but they're not coming out
01:54there to come and play, because there's no hope.
01:57I've been coaching 20 years now, I can say.
02:01I've been coaching, you know, I've been training girls.
02:04I know some girls who really know how to play basketball.
02:08But I wish that there's more in the girls, because the girls are really serious.
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