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You know, that's all basketball is. If someone loves something, and you take it away, it's like what does he do now? What does someone do? That's what happened with me.

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Gilbert Arenas
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 6
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My swag was phenomenal.
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I'm a jokester, so when I was joking on Twitter, it kinda rubbed people the wrong way. And I was like, I didn't make these up. I'm just letting you know they're there.
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It sucks the way the world works. You can do a hundred things for people, but you do one bad mistake and everyone crucifies you and that's all they want to remember.
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You don't want to be too uptight about anything. Especially your job.
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I'm still trying to be a kid. I really don't want to feel like an adult.
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It's hard to get recognition when your team is losing.
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Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions.
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I hate it when you see talented teams with a lot of scorers and they can't get along with each other.
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As happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I am the opposite. I don't take any crap.
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When something drastic happens in our life, one person goes and hides and doesn't want to be seen. That's what I did. [Others] want to stand up and fight and think they're tough. Like if someone gets shot, you're either scared of guns or you think you're Superman. In my situation, I wanted to hide. I didn't want to be seen anymore.
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This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?
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