Stephen Jackson Quotes

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

I knew I wasn't going to play for the NBA.

I love to cook like a mad man. If I could do it all over again? I would be a NBA basketball player.

I don't do something I won't enjoy just for the money. I do it for the fun, for the joy of working.

I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And I stayed with what I did, and I'm very proud that I did that because I make a great living and I'm lucky and I get to be involved with the thing I truly love, and that's the game of basketball.

I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I'm thinking about. If the other stuff comes, it comes, but I'm just fortunate to play in the NBA Finals and just to play basketball, period.

I used to watch LeBron on TV growing up, and now I'm playing my first game against him.

Making it to the NBA is a big goal in my life, and one day I hope to conquer it.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

When you want to play basketball and you get paid for playing basketball, you want to do it every single day. So I don't think I'll get tired of doing it.

I believed I could play in the NBA.

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be a rival of mine for Sixth Man of the Year to an MVP candidate.

There's a lot of guys that play the game of basketball for the money, for the fame.

My dream is to play in the NBA.

I want to go to the NBA and be an All-Star, to be honest with you.

You never think that you're going to be in the NBA but be an All-Star as well.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.