51 Quotes by Candace Parker

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.

My baby is the joy in my life.

It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.

I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal.

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.

I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.

I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now.

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.