Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Chamique Holdsclaw
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American basketball player Chamique Holdsclaw.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.
One thing I've become is introspective.
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.
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.
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.
I want to be different from anyone ever.
I wasn't going to be average.
I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.
I never get used to the response that people have toward me.
I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.
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.
A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'
I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.
The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change.
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.
I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.
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.
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.
I think I have a great sense of me as a person.
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.
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