For me, honestly, it’s not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It’s about what I’ve got to do and how I can contribute to the team. – Sheryl Swoopes
Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that. – Sheryl Swoopes
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I’ve won. I’m still the same person. I’m Sheryl. – Sheryl Swoopes
I didn’t grow up thinking, ‘Oh, maybe someday I’m going to have a shoe named after me.’ – Sheryl Swoopes
There is nothing I’ve been through in my life that I regret, or that I would go back and change. I feel like everything that happened – personally and professionally – I went through for a reason, and I learned from those things. – Sheryl Swoopes
There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn’t done with basketball yet, and I’m still not done. – Sheryl Swoopes
I’m at a place in my life right now where I’m very happy, very content. I’m finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with. – Sheryl Swoopes
You have to be positive, and I’m not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life. – Sheryl Swoopes
I’ve accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life. – Sheryl Swoopes
It didn’t matter how good I was. It was always, ‘You’re a girl. You can’t play with the guys.’ It’s always been motivation for me. – Sheryl Swoopes
I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%. – Sheryl Swoopes
I’ve always been a firm believer in mind over matter. If you don’t believe you can achieve, your body will start to believe this and you’ll be stuck. – Sheryl Swoopes
I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more. – Sheryl Swoopes
No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back. – Sheryl Swoopes
As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women’s sports have arrived. – Sheryl Swoopes
