Of note: Anderson was one of two players from the 2006 championship team who declined to sign a commemorative basketball from the team's championship season (Derek Anderson was the other). He told CNN in 2014 of retiring after winning the 2006 title with the Heat, "I needed a change. I told myself that my last year in the NBA was to win a championship and after I did that, I knew it was time to try something new." He then turned to cooking and the arts.