Holdsclaw Quotes & Sayings

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

I wasn't going to be average. — Chamique Holdsclaw

Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. — Herman Melville

The Great Commandment to love God and love others is a call to intimacy; the Great Commission to go and make disciples is a call to fruitfulness. Intimacy is to precede fruitfulness. The Great Commandment must precede the Great Commission and is an inseparable part of it. When intimacy does not precede fruitfulness, we easily become subject to our own mission and become focused upon religious duty, hyper-religious activity, and aggressive striving that leaves an angry edge in our life and relationships. — Jack Frost

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. — Jonathan Swift

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

One thing I've become is introspective. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I think I have a great sense of me as a person. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I want to be different from anyone ever. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I'd take Gaia," Leon said — Caragh M. O'Brien

We can't prevent tomorrow from coming but we can be prepare for tomorrow is coming — Rudzani Ralph

I never get used to the response that people have toward me. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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

The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I tried to figure out what everyone was so frustrated about. I thought maybe the Didot was going to show me an image or do something, but ... it did nothing. Nothing
so that's what everyone was so upset about. Silently, I passed it to Jayden.
"It's a fake," Chloe muttered. — Embee

I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

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. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I've always been a step ahead. A lot of people haven't experienced the things I've experienced, and made me a stronger person. The life I've been exposed to has let me know what step to take and how not to go back a step. I take life one day at a time, and I prepare myself for each one of those days. — Chamique Holdsclaw

I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness. — Chamique Holdsclaw