Top 107 Quotes & Sayings by Brittney Griner

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Brittney Yevette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. In 2012, the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

American - Basketball Player | Born: October 18, 1990

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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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People are either going to accept me for who I am or they're not. I don't know what people think I'm hiding. I've heard, 'Oh, she's not a female, she's a male.'

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I didn't grow up wanting to play basketball. I grew up wanting to enlist and then go into law enforcement.

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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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My dad is military and law enforcement.

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I'm an outdoor person. You'll always see me outdoors - mountain biking, going to the park, going outside throwing the football. I love being on the water. I go canoeing, kayaking, anything really. I like extreme sports too. ATVs, dirt bikes. I am a country girl. Fishing, hunting, hog hunting.

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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 think that's what makes life beautiful: everyone is different and we can all learn from one another.

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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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I'm used to having two or three people around me every time I get the ball.

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I've spent too much of my life being made to feel like there's something wrong with me. And no matter how much support I felt as a basketball player at Baylor, it still doesn't erase all the pain I felt there.

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When I first came into the league, I didn't want the ball in my hands.

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It's taken me a long time to figure out exactly where I fit. During that journey, I realized that everyone has a unique place in this world.

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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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When I'm not playing basketball I could be doing a lot of things. Honestly, I could sit on the couch, kick my feet up, play some video games - some 'Modern Warfare.'

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I think snakes are misunderstood. Everyone is scared of them. I can really relate to them.

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I want to show off how big I am; I want to show off my long arms, my big hands - just loving myself.

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Seeing how hard Diana Taurasi works in practice has been amazing. She takes it to another level and is basically another coach on the floor.

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When I went to Baylor on a basketball scholarship - and when I thought about the future as a freshman - one achievement I wanted more than any individual award was a national championship.

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

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I got called a boy all the time. Going into the bathroom, I still get the shocked look, like, 'Are you supposed to be in here?' But I'm so used to it now, I'm just like, 'I'm a girl, I'm in the right bathroom.'

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Don't hide who you really are.

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I used to do the whole baggy, hard-core, I'm-a-boy look. Then I went through a preppy phase.

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If you ever need a pillow, I can make you a pillow.

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

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Everybody's kind of always had a little bit more faith in my shot than me, and I had to work on it overseas and get comfortable with taking it.

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I'm a different player. I'm a different person - large feet, big hands.

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Domestic violence is never okay no matter what the situation is.

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

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Basketball is my safe haven.

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I have seen some horrible stuff said about me.

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I've always been really open about my sexuality and who I am. I never thought a big coming out was necessary.

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I would love to be an ambassador for Baylor, to show my school pride, but it's hard to do that - it's hard to stand up and say, 'Baylor is the best!' - when the administration has a written policy against homosexuality.

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

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

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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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When I first started playing basketball, my coordination was horrible! I went into high school at 6 feet and left at 6-7 and then grew another inch in college. Catching the ball, it was bad. I've always been pretty athletic, but when I got really tall, I just felt awkward.

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I would wake up every day, and put on a pair of shoes, never thinking about what it would be like to go without. After seeing people walking the streets of Phoenix, without anything on their feet, I knew I had to do something to help.

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My teammate in college, Melissa Jones, lost her sight in one eye. Hers wasn't a hit to the eye; she fell and hit her head on the court, and then someone fell on her.

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You always have those people who are very opinionated - and I thank them soooo much for their opinions.

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

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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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Everybody knows we make more money overseas.

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I love the freedom that comes with being an adult. No one's telling you what to do, nothing's planned out. You know what you have to do, you can get to practice two hours before or walk in at the last second.

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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'm on the court, I'm not thinking of anything. I'm just playing and free.

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

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

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When you're confident, you're going to do things a little differently. You're not going to be hesitant to take a shot, you're not going to be hesitant to make a certain move.

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I had somebody say to me, 'You should play more ladylike.' This is basketball. I'm supposed to go out there and, 'Oh, I broke my nail,' or 'Oh, you hit me?'

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

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I don't really feel the pressure when people say, 'You're changing the game, you've gotta keep doing it.' I feel like I'm adding on. Lisa Leslie dunked, that inspired me to dunk. Candace Parker dunked.

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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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Anybody that's different, be who you are. You never want to change that.

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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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