Quotes from Maya Moore

It's a great feeling to be recognized for all the hard work that I've put in.

I think there is so many elements of the culture of basketball that Jordan leads in and has been a leader over the years - from Michael's on court legacy to his work ethic, competitiveness, passion, and leadership.

Eating cleaner has helped me with recovery, to keep my body in position to play as many minutes as my team needed.

I play the drums, I love to sing. I'll make a beat anywhere - on the wall, on the floor - and I can have fun doing just about anything.

I think I live in the land of high expectations after playing at Connecticut.

I just try to make sure, in everything I do, I do what I'm supposed to be doing in a confident and a humble way at the same time. It's been working for me.

Not being able to end the last game of my college career with a win, it really hurts.

I think legacies are most meaningful with the impressions that a person can leave on a group of people.

Our country comes from a centuries-long culture of dehumanizing black and brown bodies. So what role does racism play? A huge role. You can't downplay how deeply woven and embedded this is in our country.

I don't think you can say that one aspect of my life built my perspective. It is a combination of my faith, my family, the people I've met at Connecticut and understanding that basketball is a platform for something bigger than the game, helping people, touching people's lives.

I think that any time you get into an area where it requires humility, and accountability, it's gonna get touchy. And so I understand the reality of when someone says something that requires you to look at yourself and change, it's not easy.

You need to be able to find joy in something that requires so much of yourself. I have to have that deeper meaning in my work and in my everyday life.

I'm very hard on myself. I'm the first person that'll say, 'Yeah I messed up.' And then I'll try to go out and fix it.

I like to get out in transition. That is one of my favorite aspects of the game.

In this journey there is so much to my life that I just do privately... I don't really make it a huge priority to tell every single thing that I do every single day about my life.

Something that is unique to coaching young people is there is such a range of talent, skill development and personality. And it's important to coach age-appropriately. You want to instill the fundamentals, always. But the right fundamentals.

When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity.

I walk with the Lord, just trusting day by day and week by week and month by month, what the next season holds and what the best next move for me is.

Any time you have an opportunity to do something for the first time, it's super exciting, and I just want to soak up everything, and each experience... just to say that you've represented your country at the Olympics, it's such a rare opportunity.

I don't want to ever change my mindset and expect less of myself as a defender.

That's kind of what my mindset has always been, just focus on every day, and making the most of each day.

I've been engaged in so many meaningful things. I've been full with family and ministry things.

I want to be one of those players like Jason Kidd, who is always in tune with the game and sees several plays ahead.

This is a fast-paced world we live in, especially the sports and entertainment industry. There is a constant demand for performance, for something new, something excellent. That doesn't just happen. You have to have enough inside to pour out.