Gilbert Arenas Quotes (99 Quotes)


    We didn't want to drop three in a row before we have to face a tough Charlotte team. They always play us tough. It's going to be a great back-to-back series against them.

    I wanted to go out there and get my wind, so I'm glad Eddie left me out there in overtime. Even though it's only the preseason, you still want to get the win.

    We've been missing that kind of toughness from our lineup. When you are missing one of your enforcers, his sweet jumper and his tough defense, it hurts us. Everybody is glad to have him back.

    We're going to beat them once. That's all it takes - is one time. We're just going to keep fighting and fighting and fighting until we get 'em. That's all we can do.

    I changed my shoes, my shorts, my shirt, my tights, everything. That first uniform was bad luck for me.


    We turned it on at the right time. We played solid defense all the way through, and in the fourth quarter we gave that extra effort and got the win.

    To fill up the gym. It's playoff time. I've got to get ready. I've just got to be around it, be around the gym and get that in me.

    We have this job, most players, four years. If you're lucky, you can squeeze out a 10-year career. After that, you have the rest of your life to do whatever you want. I'd rather devote my time when I have it, and after I'm done with this, there are other things in life and I can forget about basketball. Once I'm done, I don't want to sit around here and linger around and coach or try to get into the media stuff. When I'm done with the NBA, I just want to be done with it.

    It's a blessing. It's an honor to be an All- Star and I'm really happy that Commissioner (David Stern) has chosen me. I'm excited and honored to be picked among the best players in the game, and I'm looking forward to representing my teammates and coaches and this entire organization at the All-Star Game.

    I went through that play a couple of times in my head, what I should've done. You always do that. But it's going to be another game, and hopefully it doesn't go down to the wire.

    We have more interchangeable parts than we did last year. We just have to get all of these interchangeable parts playing together and cooperating with each other. I've been out for a while. Caron missed a couple of games, Antonio missed some games as well as Jarvis, so we just have to get everyone back in the mix and we'll be fine.

    It didn't seem possible, but they've found a way to improve. They have so much more freedom with the ball, and they still make it tough on teams with their defense.

    You can see what they've been through by the look on their faces. I'm just trying to cheer them up. I can't imagine what they're going through, and what they've seen, but I know what we can do from this point on to try to make it easier for them. You have to just open your arms and make them as happy as you can.

    It's a tight race and we have to keep winning. We have to play consistent and any series we get into we are going to give any team a good run for their money.

    That was difficult. I just tried to play my game and go inside. It was kind of frustrating, driving in and getting hit. I didn't hear any whistle.

    We're stunned, too. We did a great job for a team that doesn't give up. We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. We just tried to keep the pressure on. We were just hot tonight.

    As well as they played in Game 1, we thought we destroyed ourselves. We didn't play our kind of basketball. We didn't do anything we preached. We decided to come out here (last night) and play our brand of basketball.

    There's still motivation there. I've still got things to prove. I'm going to always have something to prove in this league. I'm one of those players who's just got to keep fighting, and I'm not going to give up.

    I'm not as nervous as I was. The first time you do anything, you get butterflies. Your body feels, I don't know, kind of strange.

    At Golden State, we were losing, and you could hear them. 'We've got 16 more hours and 56 minutes, 32 seconds, 31 seconds until the All-Star break.' No, no. We've got goals. That's only for the bad teams with veterans on it that can't wait to get back to their families.

    We said we were going to keep him off his right hand and he went right all night. That's why he had a triple-double against us in his debut. If he's going to have a triple-double, they are going to win the game. We have to limit what he does to win this series.

    I'm an All-Star in my mind, and I'm an All-Star to this city, my peers and this organization. So that's all that matters to me.

    We did our job, but when a team is doing badly it's usually because they are breaking down offensively. We were just there at the right time.

    I was the one who was helping him out. But I guess he heard from somebody that I told Coach not to play him in Game 3. It wasn't like that.

    Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas lent a helping hand Sunday afternoon by delivering 18,000 worth of essential toiletries and clothing to the DC Armory, which will serve as a shelter for evacuated refugees. The people affected by Hurricane Katrina really need to be taken care of, ... It's rough. Everyone wants to help, but it's not going to be easy. We've got to realize that these people lost everything they had. For some people they didn't have food or water for days. I'm just trying to do my part and help out as much as I can. While everyone's watching on TV, they need to be helping at the same time.

    I'm not disappointed to not be picked by fans or coaches. I'm just happy I made it. It's an honor.

    Well, you didn't make it. There were people here before you. We're just passing through like everybody else. You might as well have fun with everyone you can - media, fans - and they'll love you back.

    Every single night in this league you are going to run up against a great player who is capable of taking a game over and helping their team win, ... Now we're going to New Jersey and they have great players. Being in the NBA is not easy.

    It's hard to beat a guy who's 9-for-9 from the 3-point line. He willed his team to victory.

    It was just one of those night where we used a lot of energy trying to get to this spot. You know, it is just one game, one game out of a seven-game series. We lost the first one. We'll be ready for the next.

    It was a loophole, and I slipped through it, didn't I (The new provision) sucks. We get screwed in the draft and go in the second round, and if we develop our game within the first two years, why do we get penalized We're getting penalized twice for getti

    It's that time of the season when you need every game. You have to go out there and bang it out.

    It went in and it came out. You are going to miss more than you make in your career. I missed that one but I am going to have more opportunities. Then there will be some happiness. I really thought it was going in. That's a shot I feel comfortable taking.

    We are not playing tomorrow so I'll have a chance to rest it and hopefully I can get back to about 80 percent before we play Philadelphia. Until we seal up that five spot (in the Eastern Conference), there will be no rest. I just have to keep going full-throttle until we get that five seed. We're getting banged up at the worst time and it's going to be a battle the rest of the way, but we have enough talent on this team to keep winning.

    We have to take advantage of the opportunity we have here. We're going to be at home for a while. This is where we can make our climb in that Eastern Conference.

    I told him last night, it is hard for people not to read this and look at you like the bad guy because your first year happened, second year, third year and now this year neither of those times you blamed yourself, ... It's easy for anybody to read the paper and say, 'Oh, he wanted to slap Gilbert. Who does this guy think he is'

    I thought coach was going to put me back in but he just didn't. Once I looked at the stat sheet in the fourth quarter, but we were up 25. Maybe if it was a close game and we were fighting for the game. But when you're up 25, he's not going to jeopardize a player.

    We just need to win one in order to get the monkey off our back against them. They just have our number right now. But we're gonna keep fighting them.

    It's good for us to seen Brendan working so hard. Most big men, they stop working at a certain point. This is his fifth year and he's gotten better each year. He was in the gym the whole summer working on his body, trying not to get out of shape so he should have a good year.

    This is where you make your name. People follow what you did during the regular season, but what you do in the playoffs, it's all magnified. The TV cameras are on you. The critics are watching, so this is where you step up your game.

    Actually, that wasn't the plan going in. Brendan just decided he was going to give a hard foul to let him know he was there. For some reason, that just threw him off a little bit.

    Coach Jordan isn't going to risk a player getting hurt chasing a record.

    Everyone wants to play against the world champs and see where they stand as a team, ... We get a glimpse of them early to see where we stand as a basketball club. We're not at that level yet but we're trying to get there.

    We can't look at it like we are however many games ahead, we've been down that path before. We hold our own destiny from here on out.

    The rook did (well). He came out and was confident. His shot was good he got to the lane and did what he does in practice. (Jordan) let him play through mistakes early (in the season) and his confidence is high now.

    Coach Eddie Jordan isn't going to risk a player getting hurt to chase a record. I knew I wasn't going to go back in.

    It's just like last year. We've been down this road before with our backs against the wall, and we've fought through it. We're in a predicament where we've actually got to fight now. We can't look at it like we're three games ahead. Now we've actually got to play basketball.

    Eastern Conference coaches know how I feel about them right now. I told them after the All-Star break, 'Eastern Conference, I'm coming for you.' I just hope y'all have a good game plan I'm an Eastern Conference assassin right now. It's a tour, from city to city.

    I already had it in my mind. It's time for elimination. I'm the terminator. I'm in terminate mode, and I'm trying not to get out of it.

    Four, five, six, seven seed, who knows who's going to play each other It doesn't matter who we play, we're not worried about that right now. We're just trying to come together as a group. Last year we didn't have home-court advantage, and we pulled out a win.


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