Sheryl Swoopes's Quotes

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

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

To me, the most important thing is happiness.

TV is what sells your product.

Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life.

Dream big work hard.

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

Everybody wants to win.

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

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

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

I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

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

I like to see people doubt me.

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

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.