The inked inscription above may well be good life advice (if it’s – wait for it – spelled correctly), but it is definitely sound counsel for anyone considering going under the needle.
Over on Grantland, Evan Winiker has compiled the NBA’s ten worst tattoos. My (least) favorite belongs to Andrei Kirilenko, but the award for most unintentionally hilarious has to go to Stephen Jackson.
Below is one piece of body art that Winiker may have overlooked:
Yes, Kenyon Martin has a pair of lips tattooed on his neck. That is all.

That article makes me like the NBA a whole lot less.
Don’t let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. You can always root for GSW’s Charles Jenkins, a Hofstra alum who has no tattoos. When asked why he was un-inked, Jenkins replied, “You ever see a bumper sticker on a Maybach?”