“I love playing,” Carter said. “I love competing. I’ve loved this game. It’s been good to me. I’ve learned a lot from it. It’s given me opportunities that I would’ve never known or seen, been introduced to. As a young kid, it was just a goal to be here. Once you get here, it’s a goal to stay here. Once I got older it’s a goal to still stay here. There are different milestones for me that have nothing to do with scoring. There are a bunch of 40-year-olds who have played in this league, but I want to be a 40-year old still contributing, still competing.
Vince Carter reflects on being the first to play in four decades in NBA
