Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn't totally surprised that I was going to get traded - I anticipated it happening. And I wasn't surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.
My last two years at Buffalo, I've had so many trade requests. Rumors every year.
In the NBA, you're never immune to rumors and trade rumors and free agency stuff.
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
I came into the league traded. So I'm not the only person that goes through trade rumors each year.
I have gone from a player who thought he would spend his whole career with one organization to a player who's been with three organizations in a week. It's like rotisserie baseball.
As a professional athlete, the small print says there could be a trade at some point in your career. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. You have to be able to handle that.
I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
If I get traded, I get traded. It's a part of the business.
Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.
You get traded. It happens. It's part of the business.
The Red Sox believe what's written. If it's written that I should be traded, more times than not, that's what ends up happening. Look at the people who've gotten traded around here. It's not their doing.
It's always that time of year around January where trade talks come.
Midseason trades are hard.
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
There have been few players that haven't been traded over the years in the NBA.
Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.
Everybody - come on - everybody is going to get traded at some point.
I don't want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.
Being traded is like celebrating your 100th birthday. It might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.
Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.
In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.
In the face of a big offer, no player is not for sale.
The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player.
