Knicks Quotes

• This was on my vision board. To run out there and be hitting game winners, getting the fans riled up. When they're stomping on the floor yelling 'New York Knicks'—that's a great feeling.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Running, New York, Games

  3 Copy quote

• Theres a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.

  Marv Albert

  Thug, Balls, Lines

  3 Copy quote

• We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things.

  Bernhard Langer

  Knack, Littles, Way

  6 Copy quote

• The NYPD must stop acting like the only thing black people do is run from them and shoot at them. Believe it or not there are some black New Yorkers who won't run and can't shoot -- they're called the #‎ Knicks .

  Bill Maher

  Running, Believe, People

  6 Copy quote

• A knick-knack is a thing that sits on top of a whatnot.

  Oliver Hardy

  Knack

  "Fictional character: Ollie". "Block-Heads", www.imdb.com. 1938.

  26 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.

  Patrick Ewing

  Smart, Play, Important

  6 Copy quote

• The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks
  ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Hip Hop, Stones

  4 Copy quote

• Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit. They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while.

  Charles Barkley

  New York, Team, Thinking

  3 Copy quote

• Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.

  Patrick Ewing

  New York, Names, Hearing

  3 Copy quote

• Being a die-hard Knicks fan, I remember hunting down these orange-and-blue Nikes that they only released in England. And I used to hunt for sneakers when I DJ'd in Japan. But then Nike flooded the market with a head-spinning array of color combinations and it just didn't seem cool anymore.

  Mark Ronson

  Nike, Hunting, Blue

  3 Copy quote

• Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

  Horace Kephart

  Knives, Use, Dull

  Horace Kephart (1922). “Camping”

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games.

  John Starks

  Moving Forward, Garden, Years

  7 Copy quote

• Kitschis one of the major categories of the modern object. Knick-knacks, rustic odds-and-ends, souvenirs, lampshades, and African masks: the kitsch-object is collectively this whole plethora of "trashy," sham or faked objects, this whole museum of junk which proliferates everywhere.... Kitsch is the equivalent to the "cliché" in discourse.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Museums, Odds, Kitsch

  8 Copy quote

• I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

  Ben Whishaw

  Knack, Wizards, Littles

  "Ben Whishaw: Hold the front page" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.

  3 Copy quote

  Show source

• Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house.

  Devin Townsend

  Song, Writing, House

  11 Copy quote

• You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old. Old people don't get healthy. They die.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, People, Healthy

  13 Copy quote

• When MRMC vows that “We will turn Knicks fans into Nets fans,” I have to say, it’s not totally farfetched.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Fans, Turns

  "The idiot’s guide to Russian Mark Cuban". Interview with Bill Simons, grantland.com. May 21, 2010.

  3 Copy quote

  Show source

• Your father," Luke said, "what did he say to you when you saw him? What did he promise you?" "Oh, you know. The usual. A lifetime's supply of Knicks tickets.

  Cassandra Clare

  Father, Promise, Usual

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.755, Simon and Schuster

  3 Copy quote

  Show source

• I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Teammate, Want

  6 Copy quote

• My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Team, Nba Finals

  9 Copy quote

• Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if every child heard good speech and received thoughtful answers to their questions instead of 'be quiet' or 'go to bed'?

  Ernest L. Boyer

  Education, Children, Flower

  Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.

  Jeremy Lin

  Workout, Player, Spurs

  Interview with Eric Guilleminault, www.nbadraft.net. June 16, 2010.

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• We don't know what's going to happen this summer or who's going to be here next year. We have no control over any of that. So, we're going to play our [22 remaining] games and do the best we can and show up for the New York Knick fans. That's the most important thing.

  Jalen Rose

  Summer, New York, Years

  12 Copy quote

• The accumulation of facts, even if interesting in themselves, should not constitute the main part of education; these facts, whether they be of classical learning or knick-knacks of history, will be of little use unless the mind has been trained to see them in proper perspective.

  Arthur Lynch

  Education, Interesting, Perspective

  Arthur Lynch (1921). “Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day”

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I think people realize he's one of the best ever, but if he played in New York, he'd be way more famous.

  Tony Parker

  New York, Thinking, Two

  3 Copy quote