108 Quotes by Maya Moore

I think the first team I ever played for was a YMCA team, probably around when I was seven years old. And really I have vague memories of it. I think, at that age, you're just trying to make sure the ball stays in bounds.

Sometimes when you're young and a little more immature, you can overdo things or not really have your legs under you.

When I think of the most valuable coach, I definitely think of a coach like Geno Auriemma, and the things I learned from him that stick out in my mind are his passion for the game, competing at all the little things and doing it at a high level.

I don't want to ever change my mindset and expect less of myself as a defender.

I wanted to make it clear I wouldn't play in the 2020 season and the Olympics, but don't think it's the right time to put retirement out there.

You need to be able to find joy in something that requires so much of yourself. I have to have that deeper meaning in my work and in my everyday life.

When I was in high school, we won our state championship my sophomore year. We worked so hard that year because we had lost in the state championship the year before.

When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity.

I think our criminal justice system has two problems. We have systematic problems and we have people problems. So if the hearts of people are not about justice than any system you have won't work.