A biography for Kelsey Plumhasn’t been written yet.
“People say when you tear your Achilles, it feels you got shot. Not that I've ever been shot before, but when I did tear it, I was like, 'Oh my God, that has to be it.' It sucks. It felt like I got shot.”
“I was competitive to a point that I was angry. And I would rub people the wrong way.”
“People need to understand when I blew out my ankle, I tore everything in it that you couldn't have surgery for.”
“I try not to take myself too seriously and just be real.”
“I have to get better at sharing the ball and getting people involved. It's a process.”
“Some of my fondest memories are going to camps and seeing the women that I saw on TV, them putting me through drills inspired me.”
“I've learned that you have to fight for certain things, but you have to be very strategic about how you do it.”
“With our league, a lot of times, I think as a woman, people feel like they're doing you a favor if they're supporting you or watching you.”
“I tell people, I don't play women's basketball, I play basketball. Putting the 'women's' next to it shouldn't be an asterisk, like it's 'less than.'”
“It took me a while to have success on the pro level so I want to be able to bridge that gap for young girls who want to play pro or even going from high school into college. Those transitions can be a lot easier if you have flashcards on what to do and what not to do.”
“People think I've done a lot for Washington, but it's done so many things for me. The ability to meet and connect with people that I never would have.”
“I came from a college team that didn't start out very good. We probably had a couple hundred people at our games, so I understand what an empty arena looks like - I've played in a lot of them.”
“I know how important it is to have role models and people that you see doing what you love because it helps to see someone doing it.”
“We all know in big games, great players have to play great.”
“Some freshmen go to big programs and play 15 minutes a game. That's not me. I don't want to do that. I did pick Washington knowing that it would give me other things.”
“I can control my work ethic and my attitude and my preparation.”
“We had this rule in our family growing up. You can't just call Mom and say, 'What's for dinner?' You need to ask her how her day is and stuff like that.”
“Coming out of college, there were a lot of great expectations. I wasn't prepared to handle the W. I had to learn about basketball again.”
“I've been taught you have to keep your head down, keep working, and what you do will eventually come to light.”
“I had to relearn myself and what I love outside of basketball and value things that weren't performance-based.”