When Rudy Gay joined the San Antonio Spurs in July 2017, it was six months after a torn Achilles, which he suffered while on the Sacramento Kings in January of that year. He was not the first player to be hampered by that injury, with Kobe Bryant among those to deal with this past the page of 30.
In an interview with Hoops Hype, due to the injury and subsequent comeback, Gay was asked if he ever considered retirement. With this response, it seems he never did:
“Man, that’s a question I haven’t gotten before!