“Basketball became a sort of safe space for me.” — Breanna Stewart Quote

“Basketball became a sort of safe space for me.”

“My family was close. I used to sleep over at relatives' houses all the time.”

“Especially when you come from a successful college program, you want to have really high expectations.”

“The one thing with the Connecticut fan base is they love watching sports and they're very loyal. They're loyal to UConn players, and also to the Connecticut Sun.”

“It's extremely important for white athletes to speak out for racial justice. Black people and the black community have been fighting this for years. To help make real change, white people need to be involved.”

“We talk about physical stuff on the court, but most of basketball is mental. It's about not letting your confidence waver. I think the best way to strengthen your mental state is just getting in the gym, just continuing to see yourself having success.”

“The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance.”

“You don't have to work for Google, or any of the other firms encouraging staff to pursue personal projects on company time, to use slowness to unlock your creativity. Anyone can do it. Start by clearing space in your schedule for rest, daydreaming and serendipity. Take breaks away from your desk, especially when you get stuck on a problem.”

“After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.”

“A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.”

“Sooner or later, The Rock's going to get tired of that empty space on his mantle where an Oscar should be, and that's when I'll get the phone call for the buddy movie that finally makes his career.”