Gilbert Arenas

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.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

When you're a scorer, you are thinking about scoring, and everything comes easy.

I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.

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.

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 never imagined that I would see my face on the cover of an EA Sports videogame.

I'm a huge gamer and have been playing 'NBA Live' since 1995.

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 sleep. I nap.

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 used to practice those trampoline dunks back at Golden State. I can flip and everything.

It's amazing and different being a celebrity in D.C.

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.

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.

I'm not the entertainer anymore.

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

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.'

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.

If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.

I am lighter than Paul Pierce.

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.

They welcomed me here in Orlando and wanted me to just be me.

You can't fault a player because he got injured.

There's no such thing as overpaid.

I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.

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.

Boundaries? What are those?

Zero is the number of minutes people predicted I would play my freshman year at Arizona.

I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.

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.

I have a pair of my signature shoes, and I can't believe I got my own shoe. That's amazing!

That's all I drink is Vitamin Water.

Just work hard, and things come to life. I am a living truth of it.

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.

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.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

I make shots, and that's what I am.

When you're in there getting buckets, you're not really paying attention to who's there. You're just doing your thing.

When you're on fire, you're on fire.

We know that if we play our game and execute, then we are going to have a lot of success.

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 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.

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