Legendary basketball player Sue Bird bid farewell to the sport on Sept. 6 when her Seattle Storm lost to the Las Vegas Aces, who advanced to the WNBA Finals.

Bird, 41, announced in June that this season would be her last. In her final game, she finished with 8 points and 8 assists. Bird , the No.1 overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft, is the league’s all-time assists leader and a 13-time All-Star.

She player her entire career with the Storm, where she has won four championships along with five selections to the All-WNBA first team and a record 12 All-Star Game appearances. She has also won a record-tying five Olympic basketball golds with Team USA, and was on four World Cup-winning teams.

“Not a lot of people do something for their entire lives the way that athletes do,” she said, pointing out it was the end of a sporting life that began when she was 5 or 6 years old. She looks forward to retirement, she said, noting “I get to start this new life.”