22 Angel Reese Quotes About Being Yourself, The WNBA & Basketball

motivational quotes Jun 27, 2024

The top quotes from Angel Reese

Angel Reese is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.

Reese played college basketball at Maryland and LSU where she won a NCAA championship in 2023 and was named the Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

She was also named the SEC Player of the Year in 2024 and was named to the All-SEC First-team twice.

After her successful college career, Reese was drafted with the 7th overall pick by the Chicago Sky in the 2024 WNBA draft.

On the court, Reese is known for her aggressive play style. Off the court, she is the target of a lot of criticism but she preaches being herself and staying true to who she is.

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Motivational Angel Reese Quotes

1. "You are in charge of your own athletic journey. You can do anything. They cannot see you."

2. "I have a voice and I’m not going to stop using my voice for the people that know that I am making an impact."

3. "If you don’t have no haters, you ain’t popping."

4. "I took the scariest step of my life! I had to bet on myself & stand firm on what I wanted for myself! Take the step that makes you happy!"

5. "You can be cute and go out there and still ball. So I’m trying to change the stereotype that women in sports can’t be girly and have fashion off the court."

6. "And I learned to ignore by looking at all the people that are inspired by me. I don’t really pay attention to haters because they’re going to say what they want to say."

7. "It’s knowing that I have a voice and I am speaking for people that don’t have the platform that I do."

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Angel Reese Quotes About Being Yourself

8. "Just keep being you."

9. "I don't fit the narrative; I don't fit in the box y'all want me to be in. I'm too hood, I'm too ghetto — y'all told me that all year. So this is for the girls that look like me, that's going to speak up on what you believe in. It's unapologetically you, and that's what I did it for tonight."

10. "I don't care what anybody has to say about me, I'm always gonna be who I am."

11. "Never feel like you’re too much for somebody. Or you’re too loud. Or you’re too ghetto. Be who you are."

12. "Never let anybody tell you no or that you can't do this, you can't do that. I've always stood in my skin and proud of who I am. I'm very, very confident in who I am, and I think people who support me, they understand who I am. I love who I am."

13. "Of course, I like to do everything big"

14. "Be who you are. Stand your ground."

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Angel Reese Quotes About Basketball And The WNBA

15. "I want to start at the bottom again. I want to be a rookie again and build myself back up; I want to be knocked down and learn and grow at the next level."

16. "I've done everything I wanted to in college... My ultimate goal is to be a pro and to be one of the greatest basketball players to play, ever. I feel like I'm ready."

17. "I'm going to have to work my butt off every single day and grind. And who wouldn't want that? I don't want anything in my life to be easy."

18. "If I can help grow the game as much as I can with these bigger brands and get more publicity to the WNBA, that's my goal."

19. "It's going to be hard for them to accept that women can play as hard as men but we kinda give them no choice at this point."

20. "’ll take the ‘bad guy’ role, and I’ll continue to take that on and be that for my teammates… I’ll look back in 20 years and be like, ‘yeah, the reason why [we’re] watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person’. It’s because of me, too, and I want y’all to realize that."

21. "We're not scared of South Carolina...I'm happy where we are right now and anybody seeing us moving forward should be scared."

22. "Yeah negative things have probably been said about me, but honestly, I'll take that because look at where women's basketball is. People are talking about women's basketball that you never would think would talk about women's basketball."

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