Top 131 Quotes & Sayings by Gilbert Arenas
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Gilbert Arenas.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
I just want to go out there and play.
You don't wear leather bucket hats in Vegas.
That's all I drink is Vitamin Water.
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
I used to practice those trampoline dunks back at Golden State. I can flip and everything.
If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.
You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.
I look at my elders as the leaders.
Dreams do come true, no matter what people say.
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 am lighter than Paul Pierce.
It's amazing and different being a celebrity in D.C.
When you're on fire, you're on fire.
You can't fault a player because he got injured.
Just work hard, and things come to life. I am a living truth of it.
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 you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.
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 always go against the odds.
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 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 lived in Washington longer than I have lived anywhere else, so it's considered home, even though I moved back to California.
Boundaries? What are those?
I got three 'Tiger Woods' games for my Xbox just in case one gets scratched.
I don't want to get married unless they change the marriage laws. You should have to sign a marriage contract for no more than five years, with an option to opt out.
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.
I'm not the entertainer anymore.
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.
There's no such thing as overpaid.
I can lack communication with people. I shy away from everybody. I always want to be alone.
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.
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 make shots, and that's what I am.
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.
I'm a huge gamer and have been playing 'NBA Live' since 1995.
I'm an app creator.
They didn't say all wins in the NBA are all pretty.
They welcomed me here in Orlando and wanted me to just be me.
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.
For me and Washington, it was like I was in a dark tunnel, and the light was really far away.
Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.
I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.
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.
I don't sleep. I nap.
I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.
Drama sells.
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.
Defense comes with defensive concepts.
I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.
Zero is the number of minutes people predicted I would play my freshman year at Arizona.
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.'
We know that if we play our game and execute, then we are going to have a lot of success.
When you're a scorer, you are thinking about scoring, and everything comes easy.
I never imagined that I would see my face on the cover of an EA Sports videogame.
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.
If you like Five Guys burgers, and you're in California, I was one of the people who helped bring it here.
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 put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.
I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'
I have a pair of my signature shoes, and I can't believe I got my own shoe. That's amazing!
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