Quotes from Liz Cambage

Social issues is something I've been a part of changing and pushing for. It's embedded and ingrained in my soul. It's not something that personally I try to plan. It just comes in the heat of the moment.

My mental health has negatively impacted my ability to do my job.

Everyone should have a mental health professional. It's a doctor!

I know in Australia I have a lot of girls that look up to me and they send me messages on my Facebook and stuff, which is always lovely, and I think of myself as a really good role model.

We live in a world where we just have to adapt. You can't sit around and cry. You've got to get a move on, that's the way the world is.

I think it's come to a point in society where brands are changing and they like people and public figures and athletes who have something to say and take a stance on issues.

My mom used to call me Bliv - as in oblivious.

That is the thing that gets me upset, how am I going to sit down and tell my future daughter that her brother is probably going to make 100 times more money than she ever will?

I would straighten and dye my hair. I'd wear blue contacts to school. I got to a point when I was 16 and I realised this isn't me and this isn't who I am and I just cut that all out. I really owned myself and who I was.

If I do get offended, you'll probably know about it because I'm very honest and I don't hold back when it comes to speaking my mind.

I probably have taught a few people a lesson when it comes to opening their mouth and maybe thinking before you speak.

On the court, off the court, I'm loving it here in Vegas.

I think everyone needs to be versatile to better their game.

I'm a pretty athletic big, pretty versatile for how big I am. And I can dribble down the court when I want to put my point guard pants on.

Dreaming is my way to be in touch with myself. It's my connection to God. And when I go too long without it, I miss it.

A lot of people have tried to dull my light.

I'm not one to get a big ego - I think it's an Aussie thing, I just laugh.

I grew up playing piano and violin, and then basketball took over.

It is hard knowing that maybe if I was born a man and doing the exact same thing I would have more money than sense.

In the States is when I learnt about racism and I started to learn and embrace who I was.

I guess I'm lucky I learned quite young not to really care what people say. I've learnt young to take a stand if I feel like something's wrong.

Everything's a learning lesson.

I'm a Leo. We act like these big lions, but at the end of the day, we're little pussycats.