Gilbert Arenas says he was miserable after retiring from the NBA despite being worth $100,000,000
“Miserable. Because any athlete from the ages of six, seven years old all we knew was one thing. Hoop. Wake up, ball, sleep. Wake up, ball, sleep. Wake up, ball, eat. That was it”
“So when I'm done and say, ‘Alright Gilbert, have fun. Enjoy life.’ Alright cool. The week goes by, the summer goes by, and then what ends up happening to every athlete, the season changes”
“I can smell when the season's starting. Getting a little colder, that September smell is coming. What ends up happening is my body naturally goes into get-ready-for-the-season mode. Well, unfortunately there's no fucking season”
“So what I did when I first retired, I had to try to figure out how to be busy between nine o'clock and twelve. Then it's lunch time. Then I go to sleep. Then about five o'clock to eight, be busy again”
“So when basketball season starts, it's nerve wracking for players who are retired”
Just because someone does some real ish for you doesn’t mean their real. People will rock you to sleep nowadays for you to put your guard down and get you in the end.