When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.
I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I'll be happy.
I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur wrestling; when I won the world championships in Olympics, I left and I never went back. Same for pro.
I love to play basketball, but I haven't played in awhile. But if I could get back on the court and play, I definitely would.
I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tried to believe in me, that I could go back and play. I can still play at 39.
The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.
There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.
I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.
I don't want to retire. I still want to play.
When I retire, I'm going to go home and say, 'I played for what?' You know, if I don't win anything.