Quotes & Sayings About The Wnba

I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open. — Sheryl Swoopes

Team playing, that's what I see when I'm out there watching the WNBA games. All the girls play as a team, and they have each other's backs, and that's great. — Keke Palmer

He could be dominant - if he played in the WNBA. — Shaquille O'Neal

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports. — Martina Hingis

Have the WNBA lower the hoops. Because even though layups get the job done, they're lame. Seriously, layups look the way Woody Allen talks. Wimpy as fuck. — Phoebe Robinson

When I bought the [WNBA] team, I saw that no one really cared about them. Like the locker facilities that these young women have to work in-they weren't right. I want to give them the best locker room facilities and show them they're valued-because if you show them value, they're going to perform better. And this goes for all women, not just basketball players. — Sheila Johnson

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
(Keynote speech at Celebrating Inspiration luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, 2006) — Madeleine K. Albright

Unfortunately, music is a male-dominated industry. It's not that there aren't plenty of women working in the industry, it's just, the higher up you go ... it's like how women who play in the WNBA make so little, compared to men in the NBA. — Cassie Ventura

When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young
girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women. — Jennie Finch

I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA. — Sheryl Swoopes

Lindsay is unique in that she's a star in creating. She'll create something out of nothing, either for herself or her teammates. She's the Steve Nash of the WNBA. — John Whisenant

Whether it's college or WNBA, its basketball and the more you play the less you need to adjust. — Diana Taurasi

I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now. — Candace Parker

The Spurs are a great WNBA team. — Shaquille O'Neal

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA. — Marion Jones

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.
Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought ... — Janette Rallison

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA. — Candace Parker

I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s. — Candace Parker

Leaving my family behind was very scary. I had to grow up quick. But being so young and paying in this league [the WNBA], I'm glad I did it because it's been the best experience in my life. — Lauren Jackson

There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful. — Lisa Leslie

There's a lot of room to grow, and the women who believe they're worth it are the ones who are going to make good things happen during the next period of WNBA growth. — Sue Wicks

There's lots of charity stuff that I can do. There are actually a million things to do here, but it would be very hard for me to stop going overseas, because I've been doing that for longer than I've been playing in the WNBA. — Sue Wicks