Brittney Griner Quotes

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Brittney Griner

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : October 18, 1990

I think I can be great.

Brittney Griner

I stand out in the world and I love that about myself.

Brittney Griner

I'll keep playing 'til the doctor tells me I can't play. I'm going to be Brett Favre: 'Yeah, I'm retiring... Naah, I'm coming back!'

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When I first came out, I kinda overdid it. I dressed extremely older-boyish, like sagging, and big shirt and big jeans. I was just like, 'I'm gonna go extreme.' And then as I got older, the baggy clothes got a little more fitting to my body, but still masculine.

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Short shorts are not for everybody.

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You don't turn the cheek. I was always taught you turn your head at somebody coming after you, you're going to get hit in the back of the head or worse.

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I always say I don't want to change the game - just add to it.

Brittney Griner

If you're not that big player, then nobody's really gonna know who you are to promote the brand. If LeBron says, 'Go buy this shoe, it's amazing,' I would probably go buy it. But if some random person on the street was like, 'Hey, go buy this shoe,' I probably wouldn't.

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I'm cool with people that play physical.

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I think more people should be open to talking about mental health issues. Instead of holding in so much.

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People called me a dude and said there was no way I could be a woman. Some even wanted me to prove it to them. During high school and college, when we traveled for games, people would shout the same things while also using racial epithets and terrible homophobic slurs.

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My dad and my mom have always told me, 'Be who you are.'

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My life is definitely different than it was in college.

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Defenders tend to leave me open on the elbow and when I step out, so it was only the smart thing to do to start to knock down the shots so they can't leave me open up there.

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I was bullied in every way imaginable, but the worst was the verbal abuse. (I was always a strong, tough and tall girl, so nobody wanted to mess with me from a physical standpoint). It hit rock bottom when I was in seventh grade.

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Once I came out in sports, I basically told myself, 'I'm coming out, officially. I wanted to be able to look in the mirror and tell myself that I was being true to me. I wanted to help the younger me, when I was a kid, give them somebody for them to look up to.

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Most athletes act all unhuman and you can't relate to them. I'm the exact opposite.

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I don't care what kind of game it is, I'm playing defense. I love it.

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We don't talk about things, and in certain communities we really don't talk about our feelings. It's just, 'Put it in a box and forget about it, push it to the back.' That's something I think has hurt us as a society.

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Just to know I have so many fans out there buying my jersey means a lot. It means I'm doing something right.

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