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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Without a clear destination in view, the challenges on the journey seem pointless.

They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island.

To teach how to live with uncertainty yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do.

I just like to make people laugh.

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

You were so busy trying to be my savior that you left me all alone.

Create a story of WOW that will be retold.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

I have amethyst geodes by my meditation - yoga room and large rose quartz throughout my back garden.

If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them.