Los Angeles - In the end, Alonzo Mourning chose his health rather than another comeback, and the seven-time All-Star centre officially retired Thursday.
"That's what it's all about, it's my health," Mourning said during a press conference at Miami's American Airlines Arena. "My health is more important than anything.
"So many of us take it for granted, underestimate it until something seriously happens to us. I've gone down with something seriously physically happening to me, and I can surely appreciate my health at this particular state that I'm in right now."