Latest John Starks Quotes from Interviews

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I only had one year of eligibility and I wasn't getting many offers from other schools. I jumped on it to make a mark. That was the most wise decision I made coming out of Oklahoma junior college.

  John Starks

  Wise, School, College

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• That was always a dream of mine to play division one basketball. Not knowing that I wasn't going to get the opportunity because of my past and previous couple of years in college. The opportunity to play with only one year of eligibility was great.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Dream, Couple

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• Spending time in jail really helped me stay away from what my brother did because I got a taste of jail time. I realized this isn't the life I want to live being locked up 24 hours a day.

  John Starks

  Brother, Jail Time, Want

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• Also to have someone tell you when you can come and go. When I was faced with that decision, I just drew back on all my past decisions and especially my time in jail that this isn't the road I want to go down. That's why I really made a commitment towards school.

  John Starks

  School, Commitment, Past

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I had a lot of maturing I had to go through. I consider myself a smart individual in seeing that this is not the road I want to take.

  John Starks

  Smart, Want, Mature

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I don't want to blame it on not having a father figure in my life, but that has a lot to do with it too.

  John Starks

  Father, Want, Blame

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• A lot of kids were involved in such things as smoking weed and doing things illegal. I kind of fell into the crowd so to speak. Guys got tangled in some of those activities, and like I said I should have stayed away from it.

  John Starks

  Weed, Kids, Should Have

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• [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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• It was tough [to move to the Golden State Warriors] because of my success level in New York. To leave this city and go out west and move my family was tough, but this is part of the business. Something as a player that might happen to you.

  John Starks

  New York, Moving, Warrior

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

• [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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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

  John Starks

  Player, Coaching, Pits

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

• 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

• 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

• New York is a different breed than any other city there is. Media can be very hard on you at times, but [Patrick Ewing] did handle it like a man. He was able to prosper in that whole atmosphere.

  John Starks

  New York, Men, Media

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• 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

• 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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com