Quotes from Sue Bird

The WNBA changed everything. It started in 1997, and I graduated from high school in 1998.

I'm gay. Megan's my girlfriend... These aren't secrets to people who know me. I don't feel like I've not lived my life. I think people have this assumption that if you're not talking about it, you must be hiding it, like it's this secret. That was never the case for me.

As quickly as you can go 4-1, you can go 1-4. And the whole objective is not to get too high and not to get too low. It's one thing to tell somebody that and explain it, but it's another thing to really buy in, to have felt that and understand what it means to stay even-keel. That's what you have to be in this league.

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

I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.

I love sneakers. My storage room is 75 percent sneakers.

I think, generally speaking as a player, when I hear the word 'scout,' it's usually, 'The Seattle Storm are playing the L.A. Sparks tomorrow; the assistant coaches are scouting the L.A. Sparks.' And then they come to us and give a scouting report on the players and the team.

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.

You kinda say, 'Well, straight people don't have to come out.' I understand now that's not necessarily the right way to look at it.

There was no professional basketball for me in the United States when I was in grade school and middle school. I could look to the Olympics and college basketball, but that was only on TV for the Final Four.

I'm not a good one-on-one player.

My best vacations have been in Hawaii.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

I've become really strict in a lot of ways, but I'm also very lenient. I'm kind to myself.

I have applied for Israeli citizenship, which makes playing overseas a bit easier.

In the past, I've told people to get me DVDs: like, the box sets of entire series. When you're overseas and there isn't much else to do, they can be great.

I really subscribe to the 'look good, feel good' mantra in terms of playing, in terms of getting out there.

Be a gunner? Me? I don't think I can do it. But I'll go for whatever the assist record is.

I've always played in a team atmosphere.