Chamique Holdsclaw Quotes

#1. It's an honor to be considered in the same breath, but I'm not Michael Jordan. I'm the first Chamique Holdsclaw. And I think that's where the women's game has to get to, when women are recognized on their own.

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#2. My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.

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#3. I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

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#4. Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

Henry David Thoreau

#5. I never get used to the response that people have toward me.

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#6. My work, in a certain way, got started in 1996 when I did an exhibition of thirteen paintings that were solely based on fashion imagery.

Richard Phillips

#7. When you struggle, that's when you realize what you're made of, and that's when you realize what the people around you can do. You learn who you'd want to take with you to a war, and who you'd only want to take to lunch.

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#8. I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.

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#9. That is the difference between great men and small, we great are willing to do the hard things, the uncomfortable things to ensure we succeed.

S.C. Barrus

#10. I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.

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#11. A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'

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#12. I think I have a great sense of me as a person.

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#13. I wasn't going to be average.

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#14. I don't know if I'm the best. There are better shooters, better defenders, but there aren't too many female who play the game like I do.

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#15. Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

Confucius

#16. It is through action that you set the wheels of life in motion to get what you want and be who you want to be.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#17. I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.

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#18. The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change.

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#19. Leave them wanting more and you know they'll call you back.

Bobby Womack

#20. I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.

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#21. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -

Michael Altshuler

#22. I want to be different from anyone ever.

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#23. No. Forget it. You're only fooling yourself." "About what?" "About anything being worth a damn. It's dust, lady, all of it, dust and blood.

Ayn Rand

#24. I'm a confident player, I know I can score. I don't think anyone can guard me consistently off the dribble. But I'm a team player.

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#25. One thing I've become is introspective.

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#26. Post traumatic stress disorder starts out with nightmares, flashbacks and actually reliving the event. And this happens over and over and over and over in your mind. If you let it go on, it can become chronic and become hard if not impossible to treat.

Dale Archer

#27. I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.

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#28. I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.

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#29. The room was empty. She was gone. So were her shopping bags. So were the keys to the SUV. So was his Glock. Fury erupted. Goddamn you, Tricks!

Thea Harrison