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I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating.

I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else.

I've learned to keep your mouth shut even when something bad is going on. You never know how someone is going to take something you say. You have to bite the bullet.

You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. People who feel like they're being listened to feel accepted and appreciated. They feel like they're being taken seriously and what they say really matters.

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness.

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect.