Sheryl Swoopes Quotes

I can't help who I fall in love with. No one can.

As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

To me, the most important thing is happiness.

I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

I've always been a firm believer in mind over matter. If you don't believe you can achieve, your body will start to believe this and you'll be stuck.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

There is nothing I've been through in my life that I regret, or that I would go back and change. I feel like everything that happened - personally and professionally - I went through for a reason, and I learned from those things.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

It's frustrating - not that I expect to be the same person I was 10 years ago, but I do expect to do certain things. In all honesty, my body for the most part feels really good. But at this point of my career, I have to rely on different parts of my game, knowing how to take some short cuts when you can.

I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life.

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.

I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.

There are so many women out there relying on me to represent them.

Dream big work hard.

TV is what sells your product.

Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.

I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA.

Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.

I don't want to have to hide from the world anymore.