I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

I think every time I go in a game, I have added something positive. I have gotten a rebound or made a defensive play. That is what I try to focus on.

Femininity and sport can go together.

I'm happy and at peace with where I am at life.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece.

Ridiculous stuff happens when I travel.

I am being taken care of by a higher being than myself or my coaches or my training staff.

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

Loving someone is not tough but the real courage is to be with that person forever.

Real humility knows how to slam a door closed and say no more. You can't be humble without self-love.

We spend countless hours talking about people's feelings and issues that aren't going to change anything.

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?

It's important for children to see what's out there and learn that it's fun to go.

Beauties that from worth arise are like the grace of deities.

[Instead of collecting stamps, he collected dictionaries and encyclopaedias:] Because you can learn more from them.

Methodology is intuition reconstructed in tranquility.

What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?