More from The Q&A: Nyeshia Stevenson
The Oklahoma guard had lots of fun stuff to say when I chatted with her for my weekly Q&A.
Here’s some of the outtakes:
Jenni Carlson: You have some pretty diverse literary interests, too — “Harry Potter” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” among them.
Nyeshia Stevenson: “To Kill a Mockingbird,” I had to read that in middle school. Our teacher made us read it together as a class, and I really liked it. We went into depth with it. “Harry Potter,” we read that as a class, too. I’m like, “‘Harry Potter’? I do not want to read this.” And I’m raising my hand, “Can I read? Can I read?” I read the second one on my own and the third one on my own. I didn’t go any further after that because the books got too big.
JC: You have to be a weightlifter to carry around those later books.
NS: Yeah, I just stopped.
JC: I hear you’ve got some hidden talents. I have to know — are you better at knitting or skateboarding?
NS: Honestly, I’m better at knitting. I just started to skateboard about three years ago, but I’ve been knitting since sixth grade. My principal had this thing where he wanted everyone in the whole school to do clubs. We had to pick two clubs. We had a big list, and we had to number one through 10. Just for a joke, I put knitting. It was like my No. 9 pick. I got put in knitting, and I’m like, “Oh, my gosh.” And I fell in love with it. I went home from school, and I said, “Mom, we have to go to Wal-Mart and get knitting needles and some yarn.” And she was like, “What?” I was like, “We just have to do it.” From then on, I’ve just been knitting.
JC: So, you still do it?
NS: I don’t ever really finish anything. I just start. I have like three things started, and they’re just sitting there not finished. I don’t have enough free time right now.
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