107 Quotes by Brittney Griner

I'm a different player. I'm a different person - large feet, big hands.

If you're not that big player, then nobody's really gonna know who you are to promote the brand. If LeBron says, 'Go buy this shoe, it's amazing,' I would probably go buy it. But if some random person on the street was like, 'Hey, go buy this shoe,' I probably wouldn't.

I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

It's taken me a long time to figure out exactly where I fit. During that journey, I realized that everyone has a unique place in this world.

You don't turn the cheek. I was always taught you turn your head at somebody coming after you, you're going to get hit in the back of the head or worse.

I first came out to my mom in the ninth grade.

We don't talk about things, and in certain communities we really don't talk about our feelings. It's just, 'Put it in a box and forget about it, push it to the back.' That's something I think has hurt us as a society.

I've had moments when I questioned my place in the world. At times, especially in seventh grade, life was lonely and I'd often feel sad. I never wanted to deny who I was, but dealing with the sadness and the anger that came from people constantly making fun of me wore me down at times.

I've learned how to be stronger but also when and when not to use a lot of energy.