Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is a retired American professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1971
CityBrownfield, TX
CountryUnited States of America
At times, I thought we were unstoppable. If you'd told me it would be this kind of game, I wouldn't believe you. I thought it was going to be more of a battle. Today, I can honestly say that we wanted it more than they did.
decades-long policy of harassing players whom (she) believed to be lesbians.
Do I think I was born this way? No, ... And that's probably confusing to some, because I know a lot of people believe that you are.
I want to thank everybody out there who voted for me and who did believe in me. Because I felt all along that I still could compete with the best of them out there.
I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.
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.
I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.
If you do not believe yourself no one else will.
I'm sure none of the fans did. And in all honesty, I think the only people who thought we could go to Seattle and win two games were the players. I'm not really sure that all of our coaching staff thought so.
I never really meant for it to happen, ... It did, and after a while it got to a point, I am not going to try to fight this anymore.
I want this club to be a place that will be comfortable for women in particular. So many clubs have a younger crowd, and I want my club to be where mature, professional women can meet up with friends, relax and enjoy themselves.
She'll probably never accept it. But she's dealing with it.
We're talking about women's professional basketball here. We're still new at this. A lot of times people forget the NBA was once where we are now. We've got to go beyond the true diehard women's professional-sports fan.
We knew it was do or die, and I told everybody before the game that I don't want to go home. Tonight we came out ready to play. We got our transition on early and think that was the key today.