“I mean it’s different here. It’s comfortable you know? We can just be relaxed and ball with each other. This is a family.”

“Shooting Touch is like that family you'd never think you would get. We all may be a little different, but one thing that always unites us is our love for basketball."

“When I think of Shooting Touch, I think of family. Everyone that’s a part of this organization is there for each other - they wanna see us succeed and get somewhere in our lives.”

“At these big tournaments, I just tell myself to be me and play my game, and I lean on my teammates to support me with that…coming off of a big weekend at Spooky Nook, and then helping to coach our younger Boston girls later that same week is important - it gives them someone real to look up to and aspire to be. “

“It can be intimidating walking up to a court and seeing all boys there. I know I should go out and practice more, I want to. But it’s intimidating. It is a cool thing we got here, all females playing.”