Quotes by John Starks

John Starks

[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.

Fall

Player

Team

[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.

Believe

New York

Team

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.

Kids

Should Have

Weed

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.

Commitment

Past

School

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.

Games

Night

Player

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.

Decision

Father

Men

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.

Movement

Player

Team

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.

New York

Team

Winning

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.

Integrity

Men

Organization

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.

Blame

Father

Want

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Basketball

Believe

Blame

Brother

Butterfly

Cities

Coaching

College

Commitment

Confidence

Couple

Decision

Dream

Fall

Father

Fun

Games

Garden

Good Friend

Hurt

Integrity

Jail Time

Jordan

Kids

Levels

Mature

Media

Men

Mistake

Movement

Moving

Moving Forward

Nba

Nba Finals

New York

Nice

Night

Opportunity

Organization

Past

Pits

Player

Responsibility

Rhythm

School

Should Have

Smart

Stupid

Sun

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Quotes by John Starks

John Starks

[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.

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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