It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff. It's funny now to think about it - that a friend getting a job or something had anything to do with me... I think that my relationship with my wife has played a pivotal role in the chilling out of Aaron.
It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again.
I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.
It was a blast. I was doing everything that teenagers do and everything people in their twenties do. I was playing as hard as I was working, which was an effort to really balance my life.
When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.
I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.
I had tons of friends, played ball with my friends on the street, and did the normal things.
Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.
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