Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Shaunta Holdsclawis a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Associationmost recently under a contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks on June 11, 2007, though she eventually came out of retirement to play with the Atlanta Dream for the 2009 WNBA Season...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 August 1977
successful past granted
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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We're just happy to be in the playoffs. It's a whole new season now. We've got to go out there and bring our best game from this point on. Sacramento (Monarchs) is a good team, but they're a team that we know we can beat.
free-spirit spirit realizing
I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.
leader trying example
I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.
grandmother people laid-back
A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'
basketball strong play
I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.
basketball play given
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.
average
I wasn't going to be average.
team player thinking
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.
thinking persons
I think I have a great sense of me as a person.
introspective one-thing
One thing I've become is introspective.
basketball winning games
I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.
people used response
I never get used to the response that people have toward me.
war struggle lunch
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.