Quotes from Liz Cambage

Eventually I returned to the W to play in Dallas, because of my coach Fred Williams. But once Fred got fired, I knew that my support there was gone. And that the only way I could stay in the league would be if I were living near my family on the West Coast.

I'm so excited to be the first WNBA player on Wilson's Advisory Staff. It's beyond important for women like me to have a seat at the table to influence creative ideas and provide performance insights.

I feel like a lot of people in sports come from - not bad backgrounds, but they have a real story. They've come from some of the hardest times, and they're out there playing for their family and the first thing they want to do is buy their parents a house and everything.

Milkshake' was my theme song as soon as it came out. I think I was 13. I just love Kelis. Full stop.

Australians know how to have a good time. We know how to party.

Being a thicker post player, and being someone who grew up with self-confidence issues, it's pretty empowering that I've been chosen as this figurehead of basketball in my sport.

People are scared to take a stand. If you do take a stand you receive backlash.

You can't please everyone. You're not an avocado. Not everyone's going to love you.

What you do can consume you if you don't have a release.

I am really bad at holding my tongue, because it comes naturally for me to say what's on my mind.

I'm not a WWE wrestler and that's how it feels sometimes out on the court.

Something that needs to be better is making sure our athletes have the right insurance claims and are protected when we're going into major tournaments and representing our countries.

All society wants from me is to sit down, shut up, go to training and play my sport.

I was bullied since primary school, for everything.

It wasn't until I moved to America that I started to really embrace my body and my skin color and who I really am.

We're different off the court and on the court, but when people say I'm the next Lauren Jackson I don't really mind because look what she's done.

When I joined the Australia team, I was 17 or 18.

Living in Europe is very hard. You're away from your family and friends for eight months and playing, traveling, training every day.

It's hard: For someone who travels as much as I do - who has to make her living on the road eight months out of the year - relationships are incredibly important. But at the same time, they're incredibly hard to maintain.

If you want this game to be at the top level, you have to treat your players like they're top level.

The WNBA is constantly called the best league in the world, yet we don't get treated like the best athletes in the world.

We sign $1 million contracts in Asia and Russia and get treated like royalty but when we are here in America we are flying in the back of the plane in economy, playing back-to-backs.

Livestock, a koala, all the same to me. Different but equal.

I've battled mental health problems - first, anxiety, and later the depression that anxiety can trigger - on and off for about half my life. Which I don't think is breaking news to anyone: it's something I've been honest about, both privately and publicly, as much as I can.