Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Diana Taurasi
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Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Off the court, I like my Flyknits.
My favorite was Magic Johnson. Talk about a man who loved to play basketball and who enjoyed it the most. And growing up I was big Katie Smith fan.
Basketball is really important to a lot of people in the U.S., and no one takes it more serious than women.
Every training I want to prove myself, every practice.
I want to be able to take care of myself and my family when I am done playing.
The one thing I've learned from other great players is that you are what you do every single day.
I've played in four Olympics. I'm grateful for that.
It's funny, there's all these slogans like 'you're never too old to keep dreaming.' You know it's funny how in the basketball world, and in the business world where you're just supposed to stop. In the sports world, I feel like at 35 you're just supposed to stop. If you do, that's great.
When I foul, I'm gonna make sure you know I'm fouling.
I'm not a Russian sympathizer, but after being in Russia for that long many years... like, look... they way they think isn't wrong, it's just different.
I have been really lucky to learn and play with the best in the game. It makes one go to a different level.
I always wanted to be a dentist.
Any league that talks about that - they care about their players - is lying.
I didn't set out to win Olympic medals, to play at UConn, to play in the WNBA. I just loved to play basketball. It's really very simple. Then when you start thinking about those other things, that's when thinking gets complicated.
I never complain when I foul, ever.
If you like basketball, you enjoy watching good basketball. And if you don't like watching good basketball, go watch rowing.
You work for the WNBA. Obviously, they want us to prioritize the WNBA as being No. 1 on our list, but the reality is other people are paying the bills. That's the way it is.
I'm lucky to have Penny around, she keeps the ship afloat.
I always say that I know I'll be done playing basketball when I stop fighting on the floor. If you don't play with that edge or that competitive spirit, you're just another player out there. I can only speak for myself, but when I don't play with that fight then I'm just ordinary.
Who's going to want to hire me in the business world? I have no work experience.
I fell in love with the LeBron 10s, I wore those for about five-and-a-half years and I didn't switch over until the 14s.
I'm a first-generation American. My mother is from Argentina. My father is from Italy. When my dad was around five or six, his family migrated to Argentina. That's where he met my mom. They got married, and moved to Los Angeles - North Hollywood, to be exact.
I know a lot of people who've gone to jail.
I just have this inner insecurity that I'm never good enough.
I probably spoke Spanish growing up about 95 percent of the time.
I go to sleep every single night thinking I'm not good enough. I really do. I don't know if that's healthy or not. But I really do have a fear of not being good, and I don't like that.
My favorite basketball shoe is the '92 Nike Uptempo - white/black/turquoise or you can go with the all black/white, which I loved.
You have to have people around you that motivate you that you want to play really hard for and always play at the highest level.
If anything, when you play against family, you never want to lose, whether it's your sister or it's your best friend. When you know that person so well, at the end of the day, you want to beat them.
When you play a long time and you get a little older, you can get a little skeptical and become a little bit of a pessimist, and that experience plays against you.
It's one thing to have a lot of talent together. It's another to have everyone play at their highest level.
Everyone calls me 'Dee.'
Whatever career you're in, whether it's business or sports, it's hard to keep friendships alive. It's hard to keep them thriving and remain interested in each other's lives when you have so much going on personally.
Every time I see my life without basketball, I get a little scared, and I try to put a little more into it.
I never need to be motivated to be on the court. That's the one thing that comes very naturally to me.
When I first arrived at UConn, I told myself I was going to dedicate my life to basketball. And when you do something like that, you alienate a lot of other things in your life that most people think are normal things to do.
I like the Ronaldo Flyknits even though I'm a Messi fan.
I'm going to do everything I can to play at a high level. I say this to a lot of my good friends: 'The minute you see that I suck, tell me and I'm out.' Instead of lying to me, someone let me know!
Personal relationships become really hard when you're away from home and long-distance.
I just knew I wanted to play basketball for as long as I could.
You hit a certain age and it's, are you still motivated to play? It's the motivation, the drive that kind of leads you, and the body goes, too.
I was just always kind of a free spirit with a wild side, but when you a meet a person that just makes you better and makes you better at life, your mindset changes.
A lot of teams with expectations crumble.
I never played for the money. I literally played for the love of the game.
I always had really good teachers, that were always about more than what was in the books. Those little advice and tips can set you down the right path in your life.
I can only speak from experience, but as a little kid I remember Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, Dawn Staley and Cynthia Cooper. I remember the mainstream media being involved and how much exposure they received.
I played because I love to compete. I love being on the court.
Being a mom makes me prioritize the game of basketball for what it is - a game. For so long I was so addicted to it and it would get me really high or really low. Now I know that once I walk off the court, I can't control that anymore and I have other things I have to focus on and give my attention and love to.
For all the amazing things we've got to do, there's always the flip side of life kind of passed us by in other ways.
I even love getting older, and knowing maybe I can't do one thing as well, but then trying to figure out how to do something else. That inner drive, I have it every day.
We got to see the world, we're put on some of the best teams in Europe, we made a lot of money, and then the flip side is it was 12 years of our parents getting older.
I didn't do an individual workout until I was 25.
Sometimes you invest in things that don't make money yet, but you want to make them better.
I've always loved passing the basketball, making other people better.
The way I was playing year-round was breaking me down physically and mentally.
Tomorrow's not promised so you've really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.
The thing about Russia? Everyone is Russian. They're just Russian. They're Russian.
I try to envision what life is after basketball, but I just see myself working out and just being a basketball player still.
I am bilingual.
I've gone left 90% of my career, guess what, I still go left.
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