Luc Longley used to keep his three NBA championship rings inside a safe.
The symbols of the height of his professional basketball career, as a key member of arguably the most successful and famous team in the history of the NBA, were purposely left out of sight.
"I didn't pull them out and think about them," Longley told ESPN.
For the Australian basketball legend -- who remains the country's most accomplished NBA player -- there was no desire to brandish the fruits of his success from his time with the Chicago Bulls, because of the few years that followed it.