I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.

I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'

I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA.

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

There is nothing I've been through in my life that I regret, or that I would go back and change. I feel like everything that happened - personally and professionally - I went through for a reason, and I learned from those things.