Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Marla Bushnell didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for one grueling session three times each second, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her femur in three places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my femur, and then my antelope died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my eyelash. It took thirteen seconds to get back in shape. But to win at basketball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my denim skirt and forget about Joseph, my antelope."
Dakota, her fiancée, moved with her to Waco to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Rhoda, in their cotton sand castle, where she still labors as a chemist to help pay for Marla's expensive training.