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Diana Taurasi

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Quotes by Diana Taurasi

I always wanted to be a dentist.
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I always wanted to be a dentist.
It's funny, there's all these slogans like 'you're never too old to keep dreaming.' You know it's funny how in the basketball world, and in the business world where you're just supposed to stop. In the sports world, I feel like at 35 you're just supposed to stop. If you do, that's great.
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It's funny, there's all these slogans like 'you're never too old to keep dreaming.' You know it's funny how in the basketball world, and in the business world where you're just supposed to stop. In the sports world, I feel like at 35 you're just supposed to stop. If you do, that's great.
I've always loved passing the basketball, making other people better.
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I've always loved passing the basketball, making other people better.
I always say that I know I'll be done playing basketball when I stop fighting on the floor. If you don't play with that edge or that competitive spirit, you're just another player out there. I can only speak for myself, but when I don't play with that fight then I'm just ordinary.
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I always say that I know I'll be done playing basketball when I stop fighting on the floor. If you don't play with that edge or that competitive spirit, you're just another player out there. I can only speak for myself, but when I don't play with that fight then I'm just ordinary.
Who's going to want to hire me in the business world? I have no work experience.
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Who's going to want to hire me in the business world? I have no work experience.
When you play a long time and you get a little older, you can get a little skeptical and become a little bit of a pessimist, and that experience plays against you.
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When you play a long time and you get a little older, you can get a little skeptical and become a little bit of a pessimist, and that experience plays against you.
For as many championships that I've won, I've been on a lot of teams that haven't won one.
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For as many championships that I've won, I've been on a lot of teams that haven't won one.
I can say I want to be known as the prettiest player ever but I don't control that, the people control that. So all I can do is show up to work every day and give my best.
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I can say I want to be known as the prettiest player ever but I don't control that, the people control that. So all I can do is show up to work every day and give my best.
If anything, when you play against family, you never want to lose, whether it's your sister or it's your best friend. When you know that person so well, at the end of the day, you want to beat them.
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If anything, when you play against family, you never want to lose, whether it's your sister or it's your best friend. When you know that person so well, at the end of the day, you want to beat them.
Thankfully, there was not a lot of social media around when I was growing up.
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Thankfully, there was not a lot of social media around when I was growing up.
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