Chamique Holdsclaw Quotes

• When you struggle, that's when you realize what you're made of, and that's when you realize what the people around you can do. You learn who you'd want to take with you to a war, and who you'd only want to take to lunch.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  War, Struggle, Lunch

  Chamique Holdsclaw (2001). “Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

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• The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Hard Work, Done, One Thing

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• My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Basketball, Trying, Serious

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• I've always been a step ahead. A lot of people haven't experienced the things I've experienced, and made me a stronger person. The life I've been exposed to has let me know what step to take and how not to go back a step. I take life one day at a time, and I prepare myself for each one of those days.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  People, One Day, Stronger

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• I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Basketball, Winning, Games

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• It's an honor to be considered in the same breath, but I'm not Michael Jordan. I'm the first Chamique Holdsclaw. And I think that's where the women's game has to get to, when women are recognized on their own.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Thinking, Games, Honor

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• I don't know if I'm the best. There are better shooters, better defenders, but there aren't too many female who play the game like I do.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Games, Play, Female

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• I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Trying, Sides, Miserable

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• I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Basketball, Play, Given

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• I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Successful, Past, Granted

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• I'm a confident player, I know I can score. I don't think anyone can guard me consistently off the dribble. But I'm a team player.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Team, Thinking, Player

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• I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Free Spirit, Spirit, Realizing

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• I think I have a great sense of me as a person.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Thinking, Persons

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• One thing I've become is introspective.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Introspective, One Thing

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• I never get used to the response that people have toward me.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  People, Used, Response

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• I want to be different from anyone ever.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Different, Want

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• I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Leader, Trying, Example

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• A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Grandmother, People, Laid Back

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• I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Basketball, Strong, Play

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• I wasn't going to be average.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Average

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