Now that I know the women’s division is secure, I don’t have to do that anymore. I choose not to. It’s not something I really get a kick off of like, ‘Ooh, I want to spend 12 hours at ESPN and talk [crap] all day.’ That’s not really what I’d want to do. | | | | | A Georgetown player wearing Nike shoes. (Anthony Langley/Flickr) | | | | |  | “Now that I know the women’s division is secure, I don’t have to do that anymore. I choose not to. It’s not something I really get a kick off of like, ‘Ooh, I want to spend 12 hours at ESPN and talk [crap] all day.’ That’s not really what I’d want to do.”
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