Basketball

"The game of basketball is one of the greatest teachers of life there is. It teaches you first and foremost to believe in yourself. You must develop physical and mental toughness in order to succeed because there's going to be many disappointments and setbacks along the way. You learn quickly that basketball is a team game. You must be unselfish and accept the role that helps the team the most. Basketball teaches you the importance of setting high standards and never accepting anything other than your best effort."

"The 2017 average salary for a WNBA athlete is about $51,000, while the NBA salary is $6 million. The WNBA’s highest paid player is Candace Parker, with around $3 million in salary and endorsements. In the NBA, the highest paid player is Stephen Curry making at $34 million."

"TV networks are just not going to pay as much to cover WNBA games as they’re going to pay to cover NBA games. So where is the WNBA going to get the revenue to pay those equal kind of salaries? So I think in something like basketball it’s very unlikely."

"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"What's there to be happy about? Job's not finished. Kobe Bryant, Job's not finished answered during Los Angeles Lakers post game interview after winning Orlando Magic 2-0 in the 2009 NBA finals (June 2009)"

"I don’t miss basketball. I live very well, thank God. I have my interests, interests in agriculture."