Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.
Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.
I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA.
It really was my brother who got me involved in swimming. I wanted to be just like him and do everything he was doing.
If you write something down on paper, it becomes an actual goal. Before you write it down, it's a thought, a dream that may or may not get done.
'I Got a Feeling' by the Black Eyed Peas - Reminds me of happy, fun times with my friends and makes me want to jump around.
Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.
I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.
One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.
I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.
Everything has been such a whirlwind ever since I stepped foot in the league and everything has been like a dream, so I'm just blessed to be in this position.
I've heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours. I don't like that. Because I think I'm established now.
I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league.
I would describe my style as off the wall. I like stuff that doesn't match. I just like to stand out.
I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.
Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.
