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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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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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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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