GILBERT ARENAS

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 always try to find something funny in any situation.

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.

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.

Dreams do come true, no matter what people say.

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 smarter than the average; I just act dumb. That's what gets people's attention; you act dumb, you get people's attention.

I can lack communication with people. I shy away from everybody. I always want to be alone.

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 on fire, you're on fire.

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

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.

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.'

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

I'm a shooter. You don't lose your shooting touch.

When I went through my life, I was like, 'I sit around and play video games all day. Nobody wants to hear about this.'

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

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

I feel like most ex-NBA players don't embrace the team they played for.

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

I don't think anyone's worth $100 million if Michael Jordan wasn't, but hey, that's what Abe Pollin thought I was worth, and if someone puts $100 million in front of you, you're gonna take it, too.

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

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

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