Gilbert Arenas Quotes (99 Quotes)

In the first half, we forgot our game plan and (James) was just getting down the lane. In the second half, we tried to cut the lane off, and I don't think we gave him a field goal.

We know we played like some trash out there. And now we know we need to play a lot better than we did. We need to put the pressure on them. I think we just set back and waited for them to attack us. We have to be the first ones to be aggressive.

It's not about the money. I want to be in their advertising, have a commercial, be in a print campaign. I'll even pay for the commercial to be made.

I'm not one of those fakers who is going to scream and flop and play all those little mind games trying to get a call, I'm just going to go and get my basket, ... But then I look on TV and see Paul Pierce shot 24 free throws and Michael Redd shot 17 and I'm like, 'Man, I go to the hole harder than anybody, so where are the calls at'

We're getting banged up at the worst time.

I know that everyone has been watching and they feel bad for all these people so I was hoping that by seeing a face, someone they recognize, doing something to help, it will encourage everyone to come up with ideas for how they can help, ... We all can do something. If you're sitting on the couch watching TV, you can do something. Even if it's just donating a few dollars or some clothes, you can make a difference. These people lost everything they had in the world. They need our help.

We destroyed ourselves in Game 1. So we decided to come out and play better basketball.

We're just shooting ourselves in the foot right now and we have to correct it. It's about time we start sewing up all our bad habits in the last 26 games.

That pain from the Celtics is still in my blood. When they said they'd pick me with the 10th or 11th pick, they got my hopes all high. I usually hold a grudge for that.

I'm going to have more opportunities to make them and be on the other side of this. It was there, just a little off. It wasn't our day.

Lute Olson teaches the NBA system. If you look at his players, they may not be dominant in college but they're going to make a bigger impact in the NBA just because of the way they play up and down. Players learn and develop and make mistakes and learn for themselves.

You know, it happens. I'm playing like an All Star, and I know I'm one of the elite players, so if I don't get picked, in my mind I'm still one of them. If I don't go, then I get to work out.

Eddie does a good job of not pounding us in practice and giving us days off where we can recover.

We just have to live with it. He was 28 feet away and he hit it with somebody in his face. There aren't very many people who can hit that shot.

The last time he stuck me, I scored 41 points when he was with the Wizards and I was with the Warriors, ... You print that. He's going to laugh about that one because I tease him about it all of the time.

Those players, they have a different way of playing. If they're looking at you and you're not with them, they think you're a failure. So I told Kwame he has to go in and use that energy toward the basketball floor to get in good with those guys.

It's an honor for the organization, an honor for me and an honor for my family. It's nice for our fans to get to enjoy having an All-Star that's representing their city.

It went in and came out. You're going to miss more than you make in your career. I missed that one, but I'm going to have more opportunities to make them. ... I thought it was going in. It was there, just a little off. It just wasn't our day. We fought all 48 minutes of this basketball game and we deserved this win.

It is war. Thats what the playoffs is. Its war, and we just wanted to give them hell, and thats what we did.

A lot of them told me that they had seen me on TV and that it was nice to see a familiar face. If that makes somebody feel good, then here I am. You can't just sit there and watch it on TV and wonder what you can do to help. Everybody can help. I'm hoping that more people will follow the lead of the relief workers that are doing their part.

We dug down deep. We got stops early in the fourth quarter and from there they were just fighting to get back.

What we wanted to do was get that losing streak snapped. We've got a mission we're trying to make the big dance. It's going to be hard because (it seems) we're one game away from everything out of it, in it. We just have to watch our Ps and Qs and keep playing.

It's in a lot of pain. It's throbbing right now. I can't bend over. But you go through the season, you're going to get injured. You're going to play with pain. I've played with pain before.

Talent speaks for itself. But I'm going to try to be the best I can. If I make the All-Star team this year, I make it. If I don't, I don't. ... But I am gonna make it.

We were a great rebounding team last year so teams are really making it a point to attack the boards on us, ... As guards, we're going to have to do a better job of boxing our man out and then getting back there and helping out. That's how we can get out running and get into our offense.

Lewis' All-Star bonanza got us wondering if Arenas had a similar clause in his contract. After all, he too was a former second-round pick. But unlike Lewis, Arenas signed a contract with the Wizards in '03 that used up all of Washington's available salary cap space at the time. NBA rules don't allow teams to add incentive clauses that exceed the available cap space. In Gilbert's case we negotiated a contract where the Wizards used all their available salary cap room to sign him to guaranteed salary, ... As a result no bonuses were available.

What happens when you try to shoot and the ball goes up in the air It's a foul. But we still got the ball to a great shooter. I thought it was going in. We all thought it was going in.

We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that and then all of a sudden you don't have him, it means you have to adjust. We're having trouble adjusting.

Winning time is when the game is that much more important. You don't just want to win. You have to do whatever it takes to win.

We're confident. Our goal was to get one of these two (games at The Q). We got one, and they come to (our place). We've got to (defend) our home court. It's going to be a good series.

It's an honor. Thank you, David Stern.

I didn't want to leave the Golden State fans, because when I wasn't playing, they chanted me in. But the NBA is a business and you see it all the time where a team, if they can do you wrong, they will. My whole concern was, what if I got hurt What would happen And the Warriors couldn't answer that for me.

Because I've got to get us going. We need to make a real push right now. We can't depend on others losing and we can't have a slump.

I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref gets put in that situation -- somebody who weighs 215 going against somebody who weighs 165 -- it's an obvious call to make.

What happened to him, something like that is always going to haunt him. He can get some of it back, but it's not going to be where he used to be. They're going to make it hard to get back, but he's Kobe Bryant. He might take it back.

We have veteran guys, guys who have been through the battles and know what it takes to pull out close games like this, ... It's not like we're going to panic when we get in those situations. We're not a young team anymore.

First time on television, we won. It was a special moment for us.

I wasn't even in attack mode. I was just trying to come off the pick-and-roll. If there was a mismatch, I was just trying to get to the rim or into the 15-foot area where I could just try to shoot over them.

We came out (up) 19-9, playing good defense, getting rebounds. We wanted to have an aggressive attitude from the jump.

That's the coach's decision. I'm not the coach. I'm not the GM. . . . If that's his excuse for missing practices - to blame me - then I'm strong enough to take the responsibility.

That chip was falling off from the 2001 draft and now another chip goes on. You've just got to go out there and play. You can't let something like this hurt you. You know, 2001, I used that to get to this point and I'll use this to get further.

I didn't have the best workout when I was there, but I really thought they were going to pick me.

Our focus is just like tonight. We know they are going to be resting their guys, but we can't lay down for that because we need that win. This is our destiny and we have it in our hands. So If we want to get the fifth spot, we have to go out there and pla

We played well tonight. We felt we had it in control at the end, and we just had to make some free throws. It was very important to get this win. With about 24 games left, we need every win we can get.

He did good, but we teased him in the second half when he got barbecued.

I'm a taper. I'll usually watch how I can beat my defender, what my defender is lacking and what is he scared of.

We're so good individually that you get caught up in it sometimes, and then you see why good teams with great, great individual talent can fall because everyone wants to win the game, everyone wants to make great plays. Here we're just trying to share the ball. If Detroit can do it, anybody can do it.

When I first signed my deal, they said if I made the All-Star Game in the first three years, we could rip up this contract and sign a new one. Well, I made it last year and they blew me off, and nothing has happened this year either. All I want is to get my face out there. If I'm the last person on the totem pole, just tell me I'm not in your future -- don't keep my hopes and dreams up.

For the last three or four games, that's what we've been doing. The scorers are going to get their touches, but just making that extra pass makes it easier for us.