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.
— Gilbert Arenas
Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.
There's no such thing as overpaid.
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've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.
That's all I drink is Vitamin Water.
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 make shots, and that's what I am.
We know that if we play our game and execute, then we are going to have a lot of success.
I am lighter than Paul Pierce.
I'm not the entertainer anymore.
When you're a scorer, you are thinking about scoring, and everything comes easy.
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.
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 don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'
It's amazing and different being a celebrity in D.C.
I'm an app creator.
I was on my way to becoming a Hall of Famer and having my name in the rafters, but three surgeries in 14 months, that is not good. I wasn't the same player.
I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.
Boundaries? What are those?
Since I was small, my dad and I have always been friends. He was never really hard on me. He never really pushed me to basketball.
Just work hard, and things come to life. I am a living truth of it.
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.
When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.
For me and Washington, it was like I was in a dark tunnel, and the light was really far away.
They didn't say all wins in the NBA are all pretty.
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 know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
I never imagined that I would see my face on the cover of an EA Sports videogame.
I don't sleep. I nap.
I used to practice those trampoline dunks back at Golden State. I can flip and everything.
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.
You get paid on what you did, not what you're gonna do. That's what people don't understand. You get paid on what you did.
You can't fault a player because he got injured.
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.
Zero is the number of minutes people predicted I would play my freshman year at Arizona.
I have a pair of my signature shoes, and I can't believe I got my own shoe. That's amazing!
Dreams do come true, no matter what people say.
Defense comes with defensive concepts.
When you're on fire, you're on fire.
They welcomed me here in Orlando and wanted me to just be me.
I just want to go out there and play.
You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.
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'm a huge gamer and have been playing 'NBA Live' since 1995.
You don't wear leather bucket hats in Vegas.
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 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.
