It's a whole new season now. Sacramento is a good team, but they're a team we know we can beat. Last year the roles were reversed; we were the No. 1 seed, they were the No. 4. They bumped us.

Coach wanted me to run the pick and roll and get to the basket.

Sacramento played great and really rebounded the ball. We didn't box out as well as we could have.

Either I would find an open shot or help create for someone else.

We've been playing better team basketball, ... It's just the little things. We have to cut down on some of our turnovers, play better defense.

I did the best I could for six years, ... and if they can't appreciate that ...

The one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change.

It's an honor to be considered in the same breath, but I'm not Michael Jordan. I'm the first Chamique Holdsclaw. And I think that's where the women's game has to get to, when women are recognized on their own.

I've always been a step ahead. A lot of people haven't experienced the things I've experienced, and made me a stronger person. The life I've been exposed to has let me know what step to take and how not to go back a step. I take life one day at a time, and I prepare myself for each one of those days.

I don't know if I'm the best. There are better shooters, better defenders, but there aren't too many female who play the game like I do.