Experience Quote by Jerome Bettis

Obviously, getting traded halfway through the year is always tough. New faces, new teammates, guys you played against but don't know on a personal…

— Manny Machado

You can't look at a trade as a bad thing, I guess. It means a team wants you.

— Xander Bogaerts

Some people want to stay with one team but they get traded.

— Zion Williamson

I mean, if you're going to get traded, you're always looking for a good team to play with.

— Toni Kukoc

You know, my first nine years I only played for two teams, Chicago and New York. And the only reason I got traded from…

— Jamal Crawford

Most of the teams who traded for me or signed me needed me to fill a hole in the puzzle. I feel good about…

— Kenny Lofton

I look at it like this, this is what keeps me going: You see a lot of guys who are being traded and they…

— Jae Crowder

I got to play with some of the best players in the game, from Victor Martinez and Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore in Cleveland,…

— Cliff Lee

When they talk about you in trades or being let go, there's just so much negativity around, that's bad. But when you're doing good,…

— Nick Young

You don't really understand this until it happens to you, but getting traded... it isn't just about 'getting traded.' It ends up hitting you…

— Tyrese Haliburton

Being a part of a trade doesn't always mean you're not a good player. It means they want to do something different for their…

— Rodney Hood

After being drafted in the first round, it's not common that you get traded the following year. I had to make decisions and lock…

— Minkah Fitzpatrick