I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.

My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.

The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change.

I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.

I don't know if I'm the best. There are better shooters, better defenders, but there aren't too many female who play the game like I do.

I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.

I'm a confident player, I know I can score. I don't think anyone can guard me consistently off the dribble. But I'm a team player.

I want to be different from anyone ever.

I think I have a great sense of me as a person.

One thing I've become is introspective.

You're pretty low maintenance, as women go.""I am, am I?" She sounded amused."Yeah. Like a cactus.

Life is painting a picture not doing a sum.

I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.

If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream.

We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states.

Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.