WNBA legend Diana Taurasi retires

Diana Taurasi, the WNBA's all-time leading scorer, announced her retirement Tuesday.

Taurasi normally starts preparing for the season Jan. 1, but she told TIME's Sean Gregory that this year didn't feel the same.

"I just didn't have it in me," said Taurasi, 42. "That was pretty much when I knew it was time to walk away."

In addition to holding the league record in points, Taurasi ends her decorated 20-year career as the leader in 3-pointers and ranks fourth in assists. She holds career averages of 18.8 points, 4.2 assists, and 3.9 rebounds.

Taurasi spent her entire career with the Phoenix Mercury after being selected first overall in the 2004 WNBA Draft. The one-time MVP won three championships in 2007, 2009, and 2014 and was an All-Star on 11 occasions. She also made 10 All-WNBA first teams and four All-WNBA second teams.

Representing the United States, she won six Olympic gold medals in women's basketball, first joining the team for the 2004 Athens Games. She wrapped up her tenure with Team USA by winning her sixth gold medal in Paris this past summer.

"Mentally and physically, I'm just full," Taurasi said. "That's probably the best way I can describe it. I'm full and I'm happy."

In addition to her decorated professional career, she helped UConn capture three straight NCAA championships from 2002-04 and won MOP in her last two years with the Huskies.

Taurasi also won six EuroLeague championships between 2007 and 2016 with Russian clubs Spartak Moscow and UMMC Ekaterinburg, as well as a Turkish League title in 2011.

"My scoring record, or the six gold medals, someone's going to come around that has the same hunger, the same addiction to basketball, and put those records in a different way, a different name." Taurasi said. "That's what sports is all about. That's going to be fun to watch. Hopefully not soon."