107 Quotes by Brittney Griner


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    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.

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    When I go into a sports bar, some of the people I wouldn't think would watch women's basketball are there watching.

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    When I'm not playing basketball I could be doing a lot of things. Honestly, I could sit on the couch, kick my feet up, play some video games - some 'Modern Warfare.'

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    When I'm on the court, I'm not thinking of anything. I'm just playing and free.

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    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?'

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