'I'm Rich, I'm A Champion, If You Think I Suck I'll See You At LA Fitness Motherfucker' - Channing Frye Drops The Ultimate Retirement Motto

[The Athletic] - How would he like to be remembered?

“I was a great teammate and I love all my teammates, and then No. 2 is I’m a champion,” Frye said, seated on a bench chair inside San Antonio’s AT&T Center one morning last week. “So I don’t care if anyone says I suck, because I don’t. If they’re like well, you’re not playing now, that happens to everybody.

“Listen, I’m rich, I’m a champion, I’m 35 and retiring and I’m living a great life. So, if you think I suck, I’ll see you at L.A. fitness in a year, motherfucker.”

Dear God this is the most beautiful retirement speech I’ve ever seen. I mean this is the way I’d love to go out. Will it happen at 35 like Channing Frye? Nope. Will I be rich? Nope. But I’ll happily roast motherfuckers at LA Fitness with Channing Frye.

Needless to say his teammates throughout the years loved the quote too:

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Notice the only one to say I. Hmm…

This is just the perfect quote though. Especially dropping LA Fitness. That’s where all the best videos come out. Who could remember Melo running at LA Fitness in the offseason? That convinced all of us he was back.

I need video of him working guys at LA Fitness in the next year. In fact I’ll go play with or against him for content.