COVID-19: Athlete Impact

It was my first time being a free agent, and obviously my first time being in free agency during a pandemic.

We need to all come together to continue working to flatten the curve.

COVID-19 shouldn’t be about East vs. West, politics, race or anything other than helping as many people as we can survive.

COVID-19 shouldn’t be about East vs. West, politics, race or anything other than helping as many people as we can survive.

We all have to be talking to each other about this stuff, make sure everyone’s being safe and being smart.

What made me really wake up to the virus was that it began to affect football.

It’s now been over 60 days since I left home. I’m desperate to get back.

I wanted to write this to our community because, like all sports, ours is going through a tough moment right now.

If this situation ever comes again, we need to be more prepared.

No pensad en vosotros mismos en momentos como estos - pensad en vuestros seres queridos. Vuestros padres. Y los amigos de vuestros padres.

Don’t think of yourselves in a moment like this — think of your loved ones. Your parents. Your friend’s parents.

When I left my apartment for the arena on the afternoon of March 11, everything seemed completely normal.

Quando sono uscito da casa mia per andare all’arena il pomeriggio dell’11 marzo, tutto sembrava normale.

Just like that, it was over. No tourney for us, no national championship.

Una enfermedad contagiosa no elige a la víctima por su estatus social, ingresos, raza, religión u orientación sexual.

A contagious disease doesn’t judge the value of a victim by social status, income, race, religion or sexual orientation.

I started to hear more and more that it could get to the States. All someone had to do was get on a plane. And then — it did.

I definitely want to say to the world and everybody out there: Let’s take this thing seriously.

It’s not easy, and it’s definitely not fun, but social distancing works.

There’s really nothing else that I am looking forward to right now, other than taking it one day at a time.

What is happening to our country right now is filling me with anxiety and pain.

We’re safe, we’re healthy, we’re sane, we’re in a good spot mentally and physically, so we’re doing O.K.

I'm planning on staying in the house until we hear that there’s a cure or that it’s contained.

I never thought I’d ever get to cut down a net. You see great players do it. You see teams in March Madness do it.