I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.

I wasn't going to be average.

I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.

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

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.

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 never get used to the response that people have toward me.