Swoopes Basketball Quotes & Sayings

True sense of humour and true, deep happiness never depend on the after effects of destructive vices — Angelica Hopes

And I think I'm an adrenaline junkie, and there's nothing that will spike your adrenaline more than sitting in a theater and listen to an audience react to something you've written. — Diablo Cody

I don't think it's tough to get there mentally. Your mind is saying, 'You know how to do this.' But your body doesn't always respond. — Sheryl Swoopes

And here is our girl, looking
If possible, worse than before. (You thought this was Cinderella transistorized?) — James Tiptree Jr.

I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life. — Sheryl Swoopes

I'm a virgin, Ariel," I whispered conspiratorially. "Sealed up like a Swiss bank account. — Shelly Crane

You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That's what you did. That's not who you are. — Joel Osteen

Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading. — Ian McEwan

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done. — Sheryl Swoopes

I've been a solo act, a columnist and worked from home, only relying on myself. Now I'm part of a team, a leader, and I have to fit in at a big corporation and deal with all the moving parts, all the different personalities. That has been a challenge, to be quite honest, that I've embraced. — Jason Whitlock

It's frustrating - not that I expect to be the same person I was 10 years ago, but I do expect to do certain things. In all honesty, my body for the most part feels really good. But at this point of my career, I have to rely on different parts of my game, knowing how to take some short cuts when you can. — Sheryl Swoopes

At last the time came for him to say good-bye to his friends. "Farewell, Balin!" he said; "and farewell, Dwalin; and farewell Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur! May your beards never grow thin! — J.R.R. Tolkien

One out of every five page views in the United States is on Facebook! — Gary Vaynerchuk

I may be a burglar ... but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I had never made any plans beyond basketball. — Sheryl Swoopes

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. — Fred Durst

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me. — Sheryl Swoopes

Just dumb enough to be fearless, just bright enough to be dangerous, — Malcolm Gladwell

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?' — Ian Hislop

Always remember that your humanity is what will touch the people of the world. — Ann M. Fudge

Life is messy and the universe has an awful lot of people to keep track of. Sometimes things get screwed up. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Sometimes good things happen to bad people.
That isn't fair.
Bad things should happen to bad people.
And they will. They will. — Amy Zhang