“The thing that happened in Washington -- it happened. All you can do is just grow from it. That took a toll on me. That was probably -- I think if I could've bounced mentally out of that situation faster than I did, I would probably still be in the NBA. But since I couldn't understand why they were trying to treat me like that, I basically gave up. I just didn't want to be a part of it anymore.”
![“I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didnt even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was…” quote by Baron Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/266/baron-davis-4539_basketball_i-just-stopped-liking-basketball-and-the_1573847.jpg)
![“It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn't know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said, "Hey, 'ESPN?' Never heard of it. It sounds like a disease." Now I have that same disease as a sports fanatic. All this sports madness we didn't have years ago, now I'm very blessed and…” quote by Dick Vitale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5eb/dick-vitale-14709_blessed_it-was-tough-getting-fired-by-the-nba-i_1190596.jpg)
