Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is a retired American professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1971
CityBrownfield, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Players don't really ask for much or want much. But the things that they do need are important.
I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'
Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.
I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.
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.
I'm tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about. About the person I love.
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.
I had never made any plans beyond basketball.
You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.
I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.
We used that as a motivating factor. Every player came in here hungry and still frustrated from not making the playoffs last year. Not having Tina when we started the season, that also made other people take their games to another level.
We want to celebrate this, ... But I told them in the locker room, we can't forget about the Sparks. We owe them something.
We've got to try to take advantage of what their weaknesses are, and one of those is not having the experience we have.