About 10 percent of the time, I miss 3 to 5 percent of the game. I look back, and I'm happy that I played. I'm not wistful. You miss big games. I miss the locker room camaraderie. Sometimes I miss the lifestyle.
Times changed a lot, off court and on court.
When I was growing up, I was focused on football and school.
Like life, the beauty of sports is that no two periods are identical.
People just have no idea how strange and surreal a football life can be.
I really enjoy my life in Manchester, my training, my games, everything.
For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.
All we see is gym, tennis court, and bed.
When I started playing professionally, it made me realize that I had a voice in the league, one that gave me the chance to share a different side of our day-to-day life and the things that were happening on and off the court.
Basketball can only go for so long.
It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, 'No, you don't want to go into professional sport.'
People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it's the opposite. The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day's game. It's not a vacation - most guys view the road as a business trip.
It's an amazing life, don't get me wrong. But being a professional athlete, is… is not as glamorous as everybody sets it out to be.
Due to a life of training and playing, I seem to spend half my time in the shower.
