Stephen Jackson Quotes

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still here with love, compassion, selflessness fairplay and supporting each other to be bigger and better human beings.

I always try to talk to my younger teammates in the same way I would do with my older ones and you can see in their eyes how much showing them some respect means.

At Lyon, there's 20 other superstars there - I'm not the best player there. I'm not the best player at England.

As a captain, I have to be courageous but I also want to be nice off the pitch.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

On our swim team, they had something called the 'developmental meet.' I didn't know it was a meet only for the worst kids so that they could get a ribbon, and I'd show up with my friend who was also a terrible swimmer, and we would be amazed that the best kids hadn't bothered to show up. I didn't get it until after college.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

I always imagine a good leader is surrounded by people who call their mothers at the end of the day and tell them, 'Mom, you can't believe what I did today. Let me tell you about it.'

I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.