Sheryl Swoopes Quotes

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

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

  Sheryl Swoopes, Greg Brown (1996). “Bounce Back”, Taylor Pub

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• Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Sports, Hard Work, Thinking

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

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Believe, Hard Work

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• 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

  Basketball, Girl, Motivation

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• If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Believe, Believe In Yourself

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• 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

  Basketball, Believe, Mind

  "Sheryl Swoopes' finishing move". Interview with Adena Andrews, www.espn.com. June 20, 2011.

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• Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Play, Guy, Hard

  "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.

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• I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Leadership, Sports, Believe

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• 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

  Regret, Reason, Feels

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• 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

  Team, Awards, Accomplishment

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• 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

  Sports, Daughter, Mother

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• I like to see people doubt me.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  People, Doubt, Doubt Me

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• I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Inspirational, Basketball, Shoes

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• 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

  Gay, Mvp, Gold

  "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.

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

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Talking, Being Positive, Athletics

  "Sheryl Swoopes' finishing move". Interview with Adena Andrews, www.espn.com. June 20, 2011.

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• Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Sexuality, Gender, Court

  "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay". www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.

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• ...as far as self-discipline goes, it's still ultimately up to me how well I can push myself. Only I can do that. I just have to keep on going, keep on working, keep on improving.

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  Leadership, Sports, Self

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• Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Winning, Awards, Mvp

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• There are so many women out there relying on me to represent them.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  "Sheryl Swoopes' finishing move". Interview with Adena Andrews, www.espn.com. June 20, 2011.

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• I can't help who I fall in love with. No one can.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Falling In Love, Helping, I Fall In Love

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• Players don't really ask for much or want much. But the things that they do need are important.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Player, Important, Needs

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• I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'

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  Growing Up, Thinking, Shoes

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• To me, the most important thing is happiness.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Important, Important Things

  "WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes opens up about being a lesbian" by Gwen Knapp, www.sfgate.com. October 26, 2005.

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• Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Levels, Risen

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• My reason for coming out isn't to be some sort of hero.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Hero, Reason, Coming Out

  "Three-time MVP 'tired of having to hide my feelings'" by LZ Granderson, www.espn.com. October 27, 2005.

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