I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle.

To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader cant just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

Maybe I shouldn't trust him after all, just like he doesn't seem to trust me fully. Shit, is it always so hard to get close to someone?

Jump high and hard with intention and heart.

I'm not good at taking pictures. I can't give a good face. I crack up.

I don't think an artist does well without limitations.

Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.

Men fear being used; women fear being used up.

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

Of course we can talk about the radical potential of youth. But in the U.S. it is still the case that most youth are conservative and not very sympathetic to the working class.

We're living or dying. We're already dead, the living dead. So do what you gotta do. Take care of your family, of yourself as a whole, and everything will be alright.

Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.