Sheryl Swoopes Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Sheryl Swoopes:

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

TV is what sells your product.

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

Dream big work hard.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

I like to see people doubt me.

Sheryl Swoopes

I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

Sheryl Swoopes

To me, the most important thing is happiness.

Sheryl Swoopes

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.

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Sheryl Swoopes

Players don't really ask for much or want much. But the things that they do need are important.

Sheryl Swoopes