Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Stephen Jackson - Page 2

I just wanted to be around a positive organization that's used to winning and plays the game the right way. Milwaukee, they're not used to winning. I just wasn't going to go for it at the end of my career.

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

In some crazy sort of way, if I died helping a teammate or a friend or someone that I love, I think I could live with it. My family probably couldn't, but I think I could.

I've been at the bottom. I've lost loved ones, I've lost best friends, but that's part of life. I don't hide that.

I want it every game at the end. If you know anything about me, I want the ball at the end. I don't mind taking the shot.

You have to listen to the people who employ you.

A team like Golden State makes you change your lineup a little bit.

George Karl's son probably wouldn't have made it to the NBA if he wasn't a coach. He would have never got the opportunity.

No, I get techs because I want to; I don't care. I'm not getting techs for no reason. It happens.

When I got to Oak Hill, I got a chance to learn. I learned a lot about myself, basketball and about school. If would have stayed in Texas, I probably wouldn't have graduated.

I love playing basketball more than I love getting fined and getting suspended.

I've never been a guy not to speak my mind and I guess people don't like that.

At the end of the day, if you're not against racism, you're racist.

But I'm going to play with the same passion and desire every night, and nobody's going to change that. Not referees. Nobody.

In San Antonio when I was asked to say other players were better than me to help their confidence so they can play better, that was the most disrespectful thing that I've ever heard from any coach in my life.

I'm going to support my teammates. I'm a team guy.

There's no time for being babies or being scared. If you're scared, go to church.

Responsibilities have weighed on me my whole life.

If I were LeBron, I would have gone to Chicago or I would have stayed home and showed a little more loyalty to my city and my team. But I'm not LeBron.

I love wearing my jewelry.

My reputation is the main reason why a lot of things don't go my way on the court.

We all know LeBron's IQ is on another planet.

First, I don't talk to Derek Fisher. He's not my type of guy.

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

My job's to play basketball. My job's not to be here to be friends with anybody.

I want to be part of a team that wants to win. Guys that are trusting each other, guys that don't mind playing hard.

I say what I want to say when I feel like it, regardless of what the consequence is.

I have no problem dressing up . . . because I know I'm a nice-looking guy. But as far as chains, I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100% of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains. So I definitely don't agree with that at all.

I got fined for talking to myself.

I make love to pressure.

As bad as I disagreed on stuff, I wanted to get a technical foul, but I didn't. When guys on the team see me get technical fouls, it tends to trickle down to the team. I just took it and dealt with it.

The best day of my life was when I turned 25. That's the day my car insurance went down. Yeah, boy, I saved $1,200 that day.

It's been kind of hard, I'm labeled as a jerk right now, you know what I mean? But I love it. I've been a jerk all my life. My momma loves this jerk. My kids love this jerk. I'm going to be a jerk in a good way, though. I'm going to be a jerk to the other teams and just go out there and play basketball. I can do that.