Quotes from Diana Taurasi

I have been really lucky to learn and play with the best in the game. It makes one go to a different level.

Being a mom makes me prioritize the game of basketball for what it is - a game. For so long I was so addicted to it and it would get me really high or really low. Now I know that once I walk off the court, I can't control that anymore and I have other things I have to focus on and give my attention and love to.

You work for the WNBA. Obviously, they want us to prioritize the WNBA as being No. 1 on our list, but the reality is other people are paying the bills. That's the way it is.

When I was 13, we went back to Argentina to live for a year. I got to see my extended family - really see them: where they grew up, how they lived. It was a different kind of struggle. There is no money. There are no jobs. And they still have to find a way to feed their families.

For all the amazing things we've got to do, there's always the flip side of life kind of passed us by in other ways.

People say, 'How would you do in the men's game?' I say, Give me a man's frame, and I think I'd do O.K.

I didn't set out to win Olympic medals, to play at UConn, to play in the WNBA. I just loved to play basketball. It's really very simple. Then when you start thinking about those other things, that's when thinking gets complicated.

Thankfully, there was not a lot of social media around when I was growing up.

You tell me I play like a man, and I'll tell you, 'Hey, thanks.'

The one thing I've learned from other great players is that you are what you do every single day.

I never need to be motivated to be on the court. That's the one thing that comes very naturally to me.

We got to see the world, we're put on some of the best teams in Europe, we made a lot of money, and then the flip side is it was 12 years of our parents getting older.

When I foul, I'm gonna make sure you know I'm fouling.

I go to sleep every single night thinking I'm not good enough. I really do. I don't know if that's healthy or not. But I really do have a fear of not being good, and I don't like that.

Whatever career you're in, whether it's business or sports, it's hard to keep friendships alive. It's hard to keep them thriving and remain interested in each other's lives when you have so much going on personally.

I can only speak from experience, but as a little kid I remember Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, Dawn Staley and Cynthia Cooper. I remember the mainstream media being involved and how much exposure they received.

Records are always meant to be broken.

I heard I was the self-proclaimed White Mamba, which I can say I have never self-proclaimed myself anything.

It's one thing to have a lot of talent together. It's another to have everyone play at their highest level.

My dad woke up at 5:30 every morning - every single day - and drove an hour-and-a-half to work. My mom was constantly working odd jobs, whether it was at Sizzler or babysitting. I didn't realize how hard they worked. Most kids rarely do. But they were building something for us.

I didn't do an individual workout until I was 25.

I always had really good teachers, that were always about more than what was in the books. Those little advice and tips can set you down the right path in your life.

If there was a basketball rehab, I'd be the first one admitted.

Tomorrow's not promised so you've really got to take advantage of what you have in the present.