Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas is an American basketball player and blogger, born on January 6, 1982, in Tampa, Florida.
Arenas grew up in the Valley Glen district of Los Angeles, where he attended Grant High School. From there, he accepted a scholarship to the University of Arizona, continuing his development as a basketball player at the collegiate level before moving on to a professional career. His trajectory from a Los Angeles high school to a Division I program reflected a steady progression through the ranks of competitive basketball.
In the course of his professional career, Arenas received the NBA Most Improved Player Award, a recognition that marked a notable point in his time in the league. Beyond basketball, he has also worked as a blogger, extending his presence beyond the court and into written commentary. Those two occupations — player and blogger — define the public record of a man who built his path from Grant High School through the University of Arizona and into the NBA.
Quotes by Gilbert Arenas
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I lived in Washington longer than I have lived anywhere else, so it's considered home, even though I moved back to California.
I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.
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.
Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.
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 just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.
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.'