Brittney Griner Quotes

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Brittney Griner

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : October 18, 1990

You can't control injuries, but you can control how hard you work to come back.

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I am both humbled and honored to receive the Honda Sports Award for women's basketball.

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My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years. I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country.

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I don't have a soft voice. People say I have a deep voice, and yeah, I do.

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I'm a big supporter of the LGBT community and stopping bullying.

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We're given this platform and this voice and this audience. We can either use it for ourselves or we can use it to bring awareness to issues that are going on in the world. I'm definitely on the side of using that microphone for good because you can touch so many people.

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When I was young, I never dreamed about winning a national championship. I didn't even play basketball. But I was tall. And long. And had large hands. I was made for the game. It found me later in life, compared to most collegiate athletes.

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I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

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I've learned to love myself.

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I'm a competitor, you know. I don't want to play just to play; I want to play to win, and I wanted to win it all.

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If I wasn't playing basketball, I'd be helping people.

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Don't worry about what other people are going to say, because they're always going to say something, but, if you're just true to yourself, let that shine through.

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We won the national championship. We went 40-0 - the first men's or women's team in history to ever do that.

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I've had moments when I questioned my place in the world. At times, especially in seventh grade, life was lonely and I'd often feel sad. I never wanted to deny who I was, but dealing with the sadness and the anger that came from people constantly making fun of me wore me down at times.

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When I was a rookie, I had to shag balls out of the stands. It was my rookie duty.

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I've had girls say that because of watching me, they're playing sports. And it wasn't just basketball all the time. I definitely feel like I'm helping the girls get out there and want to play. Especially with my style - it's not always 'girly.' I'm showing they can go out there and hang with the boys.

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Just as basketball doesn't define who I am, neither does being gay.

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Coming to Arizona, I didn't know what to expect,' Griner said. 'The city, the team, the players, the organization, front office really got behind me and everything I wanted to do. I was very vocal on being a part of the LGBTQ community and wanting to get involved anyway I could.

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Growing up, I always got 'She's a man,' or 'She plays too hard,' or 'There's just no way that she can be that good because, you know, a girl can't do that.' And I struggle with it a little bit. I'm like: Well, am I going too hard? And then I just realized, like, I'm a competitor.

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Footwork is the foundation to my offensive game. Being able to move, pivot around and dribble better were the big things I wanted to add to my game, as well as stretching out my game so I can shoot away from the basket better.

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