I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

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.

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

I wasn't going to be average.

I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.

One thing I've become is introspective.