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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2865470, member: 250"] [B]"Breanna Stewart[/B] isn't just sitting on top of the basketball world, she is standing tall, all 6-foot-4 of her. Yet the former University of Connecticut standout and the reigning WNBA Most Valuable Player remains committed to her mantra, humble and hungry, even after adding a second FIBA World Cup gold medal to her resume. "It's just knowing that I can always get better," Stewart said Sunday. "Obviously I have won a lot, but my individual play can be better. That is what's exciting for me, knowing that I have been successful but knowing there's a lot I can improve on, too." The thought that there's another level for the 24-year-old forward to reach is hard to believe the way she's played this summer and into the early fall. "At the start of this year she really decided what she wanted to do with her basketball career," said Team USA point guard [B]Sue Bird[/B], also Stewart's teammate with the WNBA champion Seattle Storm. "She wanted to be an MVP. She wanted to win a championship. She wanted to come here and put her mark on USA Basketball. As a young player, that is not always easy but she did it. "And listen, this kid played out of position this entire tournament. She was playing the three (small forward). That speaks volumes for somebody to be able to play out of position and still find a way to have an impact, a huge impact, an MVP-like impact." Stewart will return to action when she takes the floor for 2018 EuroLeague third-place finisher [B]Dynamo Kursk[/B] in Russia this winter. But first she'll enjoy the gold, "It's not a bad way to cap things off," she said. "Now it is time for a little vacation." [URL='https://www.sny.tv/uconn/news/former-uconn-star-stewart-on-top-of-the-world/296831566']Former UConn star Stewart on top of the world[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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