Sheryl Swoopes Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• 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

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

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Believe, Believe In Yourself

• 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.

• 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

• It's frustrating - not that I expect to be the same person I was 10 years ago, but I do expect to do certain things. In all honesty, my body for the most part feels really good. But at this point of my career, I have to rely on different parts of my game, knowing how to take some short cuts when you can.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Honesty, Cutting

• I don't think it's tough to get there mentally. Your mind is saying, 'You know how to do this.' But your body doesn't always respond.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Basketball, Thinking, Mind

• 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

• I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Inspirational, Basketball, Made

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

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Inspirational, Basketball, Shoes

• 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

  Inspirational, Basketball, Next

• 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

  Inspirational, Basketball, Done

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