John Starks Quotes

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• I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Confidence, Rhythm

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• It was a lot of fun playing against one of the best players to ever play this game in Michael Jordan. For me it was a dream to play against him night in and night out in the NBA with the New York Knicks.

  John Starks

  Dream, New York, Fun

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• As a young man, you get to a point in your life where you feel like you have grown up and have to make decisions and not having that father figure in your life to guide you to making those decisions.

  John Starks

  Father, Men, Decision

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• To me coming up short as a team and for me not having a great particular game was tough to swallow, but your life doesn't end there. You must put your life into perspective and keep moving on.

  John Starks

  Team, Moving, Games

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• I think when you saw this year's playoffs, Miami and Detroit have a pretty fierce rivalry now. Also, the Suns and San Antonio look like they're starting to develop something there. I look forward to seeing those rivalries continue and develop.

  John Starks

  Thinking, Years, Sun

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• Me and Spike Lee are good friends. I got a lot of respect for Spike just because of who he is, what he stands for, and the support for that organization. Even when it was bad he was there.

  John Starks

  Good Friend, Organization, Support

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• There were mistakes that I made that I did learn from. When you don't have responsibilities, the only responsibility is for yourself, but when you have someone there to mentor you, then you don't make stupid mistakes.

  John Starks

  Mistake, Stupid, Responsibility

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• Not having a father helping you grow into manhood and teaching you those things about how to be a man hurts. It hurt my brothers because their fathers weren't involved in their lives.

  John Starks

  Hurt, Brother, Father

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• As a player you can have a bad game and come back for the next game. As a coach you really can't do that. You have to dissect games night in and night out and figure what you did wrong.

  John Starks

  Player, Night, Games

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• Playing with John Stockton and Karl Malone was great. It was obviously a thrill to play with.Those two were committed to winning and were a stable of their organization for so long. You can't say enough about how they approached the game night in and night out.

  John Starks

  Night, Winning, Games

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• That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Dream, Nba

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• There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Butterfly, Games

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• Michael Jordan makes you bring your game to another level. That's why I loved competing against him.

  John Starks

  Games, Jordan, Levels

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• [Being a coach] is totally different, but I have a new level of respect for coaching that I didn't as a player. So much is expected of you and from your team. Everything falls on your shoulders.

  John Starks

  Team, Fall, Player

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• Michael Jordan was a great individual and a great player. You can't say enough about what he brought to the game. He took the NBA to another level.

  John Starks

  Player, Nba, Games

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• [Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it back to New York for a game seven. That's just the kind of person he is. Also his commitment to the team and our friendship.

  John Starks

  New York, Team, Believe

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• Pit Riley had a lasting effect on us as players and the coaching staff.

  John Starks

  Player, Coaching, Pits

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• At that time we didn't have much movement within our team. [ Pit Riley] pushed us as much as he could from a mental stand point. He knew it was time to leave and for us as players we knew it was time to part ways.

  John Starks

  Team, Player, Movement

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• We hated to see Coach Riley go. Coach Riley is a very smart individual and he knows his coaching style. He also knows how long to stay with it and move on. He is a very demanding individual. When you coach at that level like that it tends to whirl the players.

  John Starks

  Smart, Moving, Player

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• I think the media makes it tough to play in New York. There are so many papers and TV channels covering the Knicks and the expectations for the Knicks are so high.

  John Starks

  New York, Thinking, Media

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• I enjoyed my time in Utah. It was a different area to what I was used to. The people there were very nice and it was a great organization and city. I have only good things to say about Utah.

  John Starks

  Nice, Utah, Cities

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• Coach [Pat] Riley's record speaks for itself. What makes him so special is he is a coach clearly concerned about winning. His whole thinking when he wakes up every day is how can I make this team [ New York Knicks] more focused and going through 82 games during the regular season and the playoffs.

  John Starks

  New York, Team, Winning

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• You look at the assistant coaches under [Pat Riley] that played and they have become prosperous within this game. It triples all the way down from the assistant players to the coaches. Patrick Ewing went into coaching as well as myself.

  John Starks

  Player, Games, Coaching

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• It was a good opportunity for me to wear a NBA jersey. The Golden State Warriors gave me an opportunity to come in and play for them. I was very appreciative of that.

  John Starks

  Warrior, Opportunity, Nba

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• He was a great individual. People that don't know Patrick [Ewing] and only see what they read in the paper don't know this is a man of great integrity, love for his teammates, and love for this organization.

  John Starks

  Integrity, Men, Organization

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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