Words matter. These are the best Stephon Marbury Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
New York basketball is about defense.
I still want to see the Knicks do well; I do. I promise I do. That’s my team. After all the stuff that happened, people say to me, ‘You still like the Knicks?’ Well, that’s just the way it is. That’s what happens when you’re a kid. Your team is your team, and everything is die-hard.
Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn’t matter who won 70 games or whatever.
Playing basketball is second nature to me; acting I found far more challenging.
I’ve been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.
Me playing for the Knicks is not realistic.
I’m from the housing projects, where people can’t afford $150 shoes.
I was born in church. I was raised in church.
I learned to treat everybody with respect. I’ve learned to be focused, be a professional person, the kind who is always an honor to be around.
Rucker is love.
I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up, and then we break him down. I think he’s one of the superb athletes, and he’s a good human being.
You leave America, then you go someplace else, you begin to create something totally different.
I’m a black kid from the ghetto of Coney Island, Brooklyn, who only ever dreamed of playing in the NBA. So to have that dream come true but then go on this second journey in China… it’s so far beyond anything that kid could have imagined.
With Starbury, we are trying to do something for the community and make a product that everyone can afford.
Acting is definitely something I want to do after I finish playing basketball.
I want to make sure that people can always have affordable shoes to wear.
I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.
There’s no other player that’s playing basketball on this earth that has accomplished some of the things I’ve accomplished, and it’s all through showing love and winning championships.
I always wanted the Acura Legend Coupe.
Everything has changed since I came to China.
I’ve won in the game of life.
Consistency is always the best teacher.
China is home now.
People ask me about China all the time. You gotta come to China to see for yourself.
When I see a sneaker for over $400, for me, that’s kind of brainless because it doesn’t cost that much to make.
My heart is filled with love for my new extended family – the billion-plus people in China who have shown me nothing but unconditional love.
What China has done for me, it was something that I needed. It wasn’t something that I wanted.
I go on the court to win, and that is it.
It’s New York – it comes with it. If you can’t deal with it, you leave. If you lose, they talk about you. When you win, they love you.
Coaching – get a guy like Phil Jackson, you expect the coaching to change right away and things to change right away. Ultimately, it takes a lot of time.
It was a steppingstone. The NBA, for me, was preparation for me to do something someplace else.
From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors.
New York is a Show Me state. We’re like Missouri.
My favorite point guard, growing up, was Magic Johnson. The reason why I say that is he was a winner, and he did everything in his power to make his teammates better. That’s what the game is all about as a point guard.
Coaching is something I want to do.
China is the best. Since I moved there, my life has been amazing. The best time of my life. Not even close. I guess this was how it was all supposed to go down.
I grew up one of seven kids, and my mom couldn’t afford to get us any of the $150 shoes.
For me, my Beijing jersey will be the jersey that I will retire here in China.
Losing exposes character, and winning breeds it.
My sister had been praying for me since I was born: my sister, Stephanie, my namesake. That’s what she is to me; my namesake – Stephanie, Stephon. Stephanie – that’s my daughter’s name. I kept it in the family.
