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.
Gilbert ArenasMost 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 ArenasAs happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I am the opposite. I don't take any crap.
Gilbert ArenasIf 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.
Gilbert ArenasThe 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.
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