Quotes from Brittney Griner

Seeing how hard Diana Taurasi works in practice has been amazing. She takes it to another level and is basically another coach on the floor.

I have seen some horrible stuff said about me.

Don't worry about what other people are going to say, because they're always going to say something, but, if you're just true to yourself, let that shine through.

I don't have a soft voice. People say I have a deep voice, and yeah, I do.

Just to know I have so many fans out there buying my jersey means a lot. It means I'm doing something right.

People called me a dude and said there was no way I could be a woman. Some even wanted me to prove it to them. During high school and college, when we traveled for games, people would shout the same things while also using racial epithets and terrible homophobic slurs.

Reading what people say makes me want to be me even more.

I think snakes are misunderstood. Everyone is scared of them. I can really relate to them.

When I first came out, I kinda overdid it. I dressed extremely older-boyish, like sagging, and big shirt and big jeans. I was just like, 'I'm gonna go extreme.' And then as I got older, the baggy clothes got a little more fitting to my body, but still masculine.

Defenders tend to leave me open on the elbow and when I step out, so it was only the smart thing to do to start to knock down the shots so they can't leave me open up there.

I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

My dad is military and law enforcement.

Not having a safe zone or people to talk to or be around others in the same position is toughest thing ever.

I want to go as hard as I can, and if I look like a guy out there playing ball, well, hey, I feel sorry for the opponent.

I think more people should be open to talking about mental health issues. Instead of holding in so much.

I had somebody say to me, 'You should play more ladylike.' This is basketball. I'm supposed to go out there and, 'Oh, I broke my nail,' or 'Oh, you hit me?'

We won the national championship. We went 40-0 - the first men's or women's team in history to ever do that.

When I went to Baylor on a basketball scholarship - and when I thought about the future as a freshman - one achievement I wanted more than any individual award was a national championship.

I would love to be an ambassador for Baylor, to show my school pride, but it's hard to do that - it's hard to stand up and say, 'Baylor is the best!' - when the administration has a written policy against homosexuality.

When I was a rookie, I had to shag balls out of the stands. It was my rookie duty.

Hmm, I know I get more feminine when I'm mad, like I'll roll my neck, like I'm rolling my eyes.

I first came out to my mom in the ninth grade.

Once I came out in sports, I basically told myself, 'I'm coming out, officially. I wanted to be able to look in the mirror and tell myself that I was being true to me. I wanted to help the younger me, when I was a kid, give them somebody for them to look up to.

I've always been really open about my sexuality and who I am. I never thought a big coming out was necessary.