The Flint tattoo on Bell's upper right arm isn't his only body art. But I also don't want to be a Dennis Rodman and get covered in tattoos. I think that's a little too much personality. A lot of women have them. It has roots in ancient times, where gladiators and warriors, which were as celebrated as our athletes today, had tattoos as a sort of branding or fraternity.
Symbols have power and can affect the confidence of others.
It can give athletes strength. Tattoos are a form of deviance that is being praised in this society at large and reflected in sport. But that's my last tattoo. I don't want to scare my kids or affect things in the business world by having all kinds of crazy stuff on me. I think the basketball players do it more for show than we do.