No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

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.

Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

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

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

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.