I wish someone would have told me that, just because I'm a girl, I don't have to get married.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

Never Give up, never surrender.

Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.

Insufferable man! But I grinned all the way back upstairs.

The media made the masses to find not-so-skinny women appear not-so-beautiful … in the eyes of the remote holder.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

Good and bad - this is the story of my life.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.

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