Women's Basketball Quotes

Maya Moore is one of the greatest champions in basketball, male or female.

I loved watching Cynthia Cooper growing up when she played for the Houston Comets.

The reality is, like, women's basketball players are playing against women. And we're all in the same boat the same way men's sports is.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

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

I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.

I am really excited to join the Connecticut Sun.

I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.

You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game.

There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful.

I think, overall, the name 'The Storm' in Seattle has just continued to grow. It has now become not just an afterthought that we have a WNBA team here: it has become a part of the 'fabric' of our sports society.

I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now.

My wife's name, Rebecca Lobo, is on sandwiches and street signs in New England. It adorns the arena rafters at the University of Connecticut, where she first became a basketball star. Her high school in Massachusetts is on Rebecca Lobo Way, a nice trump card to play at reunions.

I cherish being on the court, and I really love watching basketball, women's basketball, whatever it is.

In my mind, women's basketball players are an untapped resource.

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live across the hall from absolutely, positively the greatest women's basketball player ever.

I've proved I'm in love with the women's game, and I think the quality is unbelievable.

I like women's basketball.

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

My favorite commentator, NBA-wise, is probably Doris Burke.

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play for and work under the best, Pat Summitt.

Don't dismiss Auriemma and UConn just because their excellence shines on the female side of the coin.

The first words Rebecca Lobo ever spoke to me when we met in a Manhattan bar in 2001 were, 'Aren't you the guy who just mocked women's basketball in 'Sports Illustrated'?' I blushed, broke out in a flop sweat and said, 'Yes.'

That's where I got my passion for the game, watching the WNBA on TV. Cynthia Cooper, Raise the Roof, We Got Next, I was into all of it.