I wasn't going to be average.

I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.

I think I have a great sense of me as a person.

I want to be different from anyone ever.

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.

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.

One thing I've become is introspective.