Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me. Gilbert Arenas More Quotes by Gilbert Arenas More Quotes From Gilbert Arenas When I hear about people murdering, I wonder, 'What has to go through your brain to say, I don't want him breathing anymore? What makes you get that angry? How can you take someone's breath away? That just blows my mind.' Gilbert Arenas breathingblowpeople The hibachi is coming to a city near you. I'm cooking chicken and shrimp, but if you want to throw a double team my way, filet mignon gets cooked too. Gilbert Arenas teamcookingcities Everyone is gonna have a bad day, everyone is gonna have a bad game. The questions are: How do you recover? What builds your character? I decided one day early on in high school that I wanted to be great at basketball, not just a good basketball player. Gilbert Arenas bad-daybasketballcharacter Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions. Gilbert Arenas bad-decisiondrunkdecision 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. Gilbert Arenas nbatryingthinking 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.' Gilbert Arenas nbalegacypeople I want to be the best at whatever I do. I don't care who gets in the way. Gilbert Arenas carewantway My swag was phenomenal. Gilbert Arenas swagbasketballsports You know, that's all basketball is. If someone loves something, and you take it away, it's like what does he do now? What does someone do? That's what happened with me. Gilbert Arenas one-lovebasketballdoe 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. Gilbert Arenas wrong-waypeopleway If your heart is bigger than the biggest guy on the team, then you're the biggest guy on the team. Gilbert Arenas teamguyheart Why would I endorse the hibachi grill when I am the hibachi grill? Gilbert Arenas It's hard to get recognition when your team is losing. Gilbert Arenas recognitionteamlosing 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. Gilbert Arenas crazysorryfall When I was little, I asked God if I could meet my mom just one more time, and my prayer was answered in 2001. It was weird. Gilbert Arenas momprayerlittles I like when somebody says something negative about me because I can put it back in their face Gilbert Arenas because-i-canfacesnegative I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on. Gilbert Arenas basketballfeelingslong I had my house converted to the Colorado altitude, so I am always above sea level. Gilbert Arenas coloradoseahouse I always have something going on. Gilbert Arenas I found out this summer how to hook up my Xbox 360 in the hotel and get past security. It took me a while to figure out, but I got it now. Gilbert Arenas xboxsummerpast
