Sheryl Swoopes Quotes & Sayings

“No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.”

“If you do not believe yourself no one else will.”

“I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.”

“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.”

“You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Dream big work hard.”