Sheryl Swoopes Quotes

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you'll find out that it's exactly this, it's the willingness to take a risk.

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

I'm only 35, and I felt that the time was right to try to come back and have a chance for him to see me play.

The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.

Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.

I don't think I was a year too late or a year too early in retiring. If the Seahawks had been in the playoffs a year later, I might have had some regrets.

Comeback is a good word, man.

Well, I think just a desire to come back and be a part of the game again.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.

I used to feel it was too late for me; I'd had my shot. You couldn't make a pop star out of me.

I will get an opportunity to play again. Why? Because this is the NFL and there's always second chances.

Any day, the tide could turn. You have one or two bad films, and now you've got to make a comeback.

All the things I have done at one point or another have fallen out of fashion, and there's nothing better than trying to bring something back to life.

I'd love to get back in the ring so my son could see me, but that's it.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

People think I played 10 years. I only played 68 games.

Rumors of the American demise... have been greatly exaggerated.

If I am still fighting at 35 I will be disappointed.

I lost a lot. It was almost like I was a retired player where I lost all of my athleticism. I lost everything. Being able to get it back, step by step, little bit at a time, it was like surprising myself.

I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.

Well, my last year was 04-05 with the Heat, and I relaxed for a few years, and I said, 'Well, what am I going to do?' I've got to do my passion, and my passion is basketball.

Whether I retire tomorrow or in 20 years, I just want to get as much out as I can. But with that, I have an understanding that basketball's not forever.