Quotes from Gilbert Arenas

It's hard to get recognition when your team is losing.

Individual honors come with team success.

Ppl act like I said some [expletive] thats just down right sexist and rude ... str8 men are attracted to women RIGHT? Men are 80 percent of sportviewers RIGHT? So lets name a few women sports that still attract the men viewers ... #Tennis, omg they were short skirts like female ... #trackandfield, short tights and crop tops, so we can see abs ...

I try not to do the fantasy thing. If I didn't get hurt, what would I be? Who knows? When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.

I'm a jokester, so when I was joking on Twitter, it kinda rubbed people the wrong way. And I was like, I didn't make these up. I'm just letting you know they're there.

The thing that happened in Washington -- it happened. All you can do is just grow from it. That took a toll on me. That was probably -- I think if I could've bounced mentally out of that situation faster than I did, I would probably still be in the NBA. But since I couldn't understand why they were trying to treat me like that, I basically gave up. I just didn't want to be a part of it anymore.

I decided one day early on in high school that I wanted to be great at basketball, not just a good basketball player. I would go to the elementary school by my house and shoot thousands of shots all day, every day.

They gave high fives to all the players who say like the most obvious textbook answers in the world. It's like after each game, you already know what they're going to say. If they lost: "Ahh ... Tough loss." It's like, come on, how do you guys fall for that? And if they something that they really feel, everyone goes crazy. Like "Oohh! He's spazzing out!" Now he gotta say sorry for saying something he really felt. It's like, Oh lord.

As happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I am the opposite. I don't take any crap.

When you're in that zone there's nothing really the defense can do ... It doesn't matter who's sticking you because everything looks good.

I always have something going on.

Everyone is having sex until they fall in love. When you fall in love, then it's making love.

If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.

My best moment in the league came when I scored my first bucket. Against Cleveland. I stole the ball and made a layup. I thought, If I never play another game again, it'll be in the record. Two points. Gilbert Arenas was in the NBA.

If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did.

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.

You don't want to be too uptight about anything. Especially your job.

I always go against the odds.

I was an only child.

I try not to do the fantasy thing. If I didn't get hurt, what would I be? Who knows? When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.

There's no such thing as overpaid.

Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.

I don't play roulette, but it's funny: whenever somebody I know is going to Vegas, I'm like, 'Put it on black.'

You don't wear leather bucket hats in Vegas.