We're humans. We live on land. Sharks live in water. So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.
Gilbert Arenas
I don't sleep. I nap.
Drama sells.
I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.
I'm an app creator.
When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say, 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'
I can't take a game-winner in practice. I can't shoot free throws in practice that simulates the game. There's no crowd; there's no nothing.
I'm smarter than the average; I just act dumb. That's what gets people's attention; you act dumb, you get people's attention.
I just want to go out there and play.
If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.
You don't wear leather bucket hats in Vegas.
If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.
I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.
It's amazing and different being a celebrity in D.C.
You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.
Defense comes with defensive concepts.
I have a pair of my signature shoes, and I can't believe I got my own shoe. That's amazing!
That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.
I can lack communication with people. I shy away from everybody. I always want to be alone.
My best moment in the league came when I scored my first bucket.
I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.
When people think about me, that's all they think: 'He's crazy. He's psycho. He's this.' No, that was just my blog; that was Agent Zero; that was my persona that I was putting out there. And eventually, that all caught up with me.
I made myself into what I thought was a big-time player, and nobody in L.A. seemed to care or believe I was any good. When I started hearing I wouldn't play in college, I would just let it simmer inside me and then be like, 'Okay. That's what you think? Okay.' The number zero was the only way I could express that.
I always go against the odds.
40-minute game at Duke - they got soft rims - I'd probably score 84 or 85. I wouldn't pass the ball. I wouldn't even think about passing it. It would be like a 'NBA Live' or an 'NBA 2K7' game: you just shoot with one person.
I was an only child.
It is an honor to join the ranks of sports icons such as Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods by being immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C.
They welcomed me here in Orlando and wanted me to just be me.
How can I tell somebody, 'Don't shoot that shot' when I'm out there chunking 'em?
I'm a huge gamer and have been playing 'NBA Live' since 1995.
Dreams do come true, no matter what people say.
I think every athlete should give back to schools. I know athletes donate and have things that they give charity to, but, at the end of the day, it's the younger generation that we need to be helping.
I don't know if it's just me, but I hate going to arenas where it's 60 degrees outside, and it's 50 degrees inside.
When I was little, whenever I got out of the shower, I never wanted to touch the floor because once you touch the floor, your feet are dirty again. So in the shower, I used to put my socks on already without drying them off.
I used to practice those trampoline dunks back at Golden State. I can flip and everything.
I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'
Everything is mental, but if you just remember to stay with your same technique, you will be fine. If you stay confident, make sure you are doing the same thing over and over; the free throws will fall.
I never imagined that I would see my face on the cover of an EA Sports videogame.
Like the Wizards, Madame Tussauds has become a fixture in the nation's capital and one that I'm proud to be a part of.
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
When you're a scorer, you are thinking about scoring, and everything comes easy.
I'm not the entertainer anymore.
They didn't say all wins in the NBA are all pretty.
I am lighter than Paul Pierce.
For me and Washington, it was like I was in a dark tunnel, and the light was really far away.
We know that if we play our game and execute, then we are going to have a lot of success.
When you're on fire, you're on fire.
When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.
I make shots, and that's what I am.
Just work hard, and things come to life. I am a living truth of it.
