The second youngest member of the US Olympic team in 2004, Sue Bird is now one of the veteran leaders of the US team. The US team won gold at Athens and plans to do so at Beijing this year.

A woman who is very dedicated to her sport, she doesn’t use the off season to take vacations. For the past WNBA off seasons, she has traveled to Russia to play professionally for Spartak Moscow.

She’s not the only one who does so, and she compares the positive points of Moscow to those of New York.

She has been only improving her game throughout her career and stands out as a fantastic player.