For me, it's vital to continue to share my experiences and allow my experiences to help the younger generation.
— Stephon Marbury
Going to a foreign country, winning championships, having a statue, getting a green card, the key to the city, a museum - that's not something I can say I could ever see happening.
I shoot to win because I shoot to win, and that's it.
I'm from the housing projects, where people can't afford $150 shoes.
My Beijing jersey means more to me than any of them.
I was born in church. I was raised in church.
I learned more in that first year in the NBA than I could have in four years of college.
Whenever you've got an inside presence, it makes the game extremely easy.
I have three championships in a country where I don't speak the language.
Basketball's always been something that I loved.
When I get on the basketball court, there's not too many things I can't do.
I go on the court to win, and that is it.
With Starbury, we are trying to do something for the community and make a product that everyone can afford.
Playing basketball is second nature to me; acting I found far more challenging.
I give everybody respect. There's nobody in the NBA who I disrespect because on any given night, you're liable to get lit up.
You've just got to win in China - that's it. Winning is like good deodorant. When you don't win, it's like you stink; you smell.
I got so used to using chopsticks that using a fork and knife is weird.
I think going to another country and being able to evolve past my thinking and what actually went on in America was a little bit different from what athletes experience here in America.
Losing exposes character, and winning breeds it.
There's a difference when you want something and when you need something.
For me, my Beijing jersey will be the jersey that I will retire here in China.
When you're happy, and you're smiling people don't like that. That's why I smile all the time.
I love the Chinese people.
College players make money for the colleges. You think they spend all that recruiting money to get the best students? Come on.
Consistency is always the best teacher.
People don't even know how hard it is to play in China. People think it is easy for the foreign players, but it is really not. It's difficult.
When I was younger, I had a different disposition as far as how I wanted to live life.
From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors.
When you look at organizations that work, everyone is on the same page as far as what they are doing.
China is home now.
I'm a black kid from the ghetto of Coney Island, Brooklyn, who only ever dreamed of playing in the NBA. So to have that dream come true but then go on this second journey in China... it's so far beyond anything that kid could have imagined.
I would say my hardest opponent that I have to face has to be probably Rod Strickland. He's very strong. He's a guy who gets to the basket, and when his jump shot is on, it's really hard to stop him.
Nothing can compare to my experience in China. My situation is fortunate because I actually love it there, and I love it because of the people. For what they did to me, I'm forever invested into that country. Living there has been great for me and great for my life.
I still want to see the Knicks do well; I do. I promise I do. That's my team. After all the stuff that happened, people say to me, 'You still like the Knicks?' Well, that's just the way it is. That's what happens when you're a kid. Your team is your team, and everything is die-hard.
China is the best. Since I moved there, my life has been amazing. The best time of my life. Not even close. I guess this was how it was all supposed to go down.
Making a difference has always been most important to Starbury because it takes lots of care and thought to do so.
All those places that I've played at is a preparation for me to come to Beijing.
I'm a God-fearing man.
Rucker is love.
I love Coney Island. I saw all different kinds of people - Russian, Italian, black, Puerto Rican, rich people in Sea Gate and in the co-ops. You'd see people in the co-ops or in the houses, and it was like, Man, I wish I could have this. I wish my mother and father could buy me this. Me being an independent thinker, I was like, I'm gonna get that.
My numbers are Hall of Fame.
It was a steppingstone. The NBA, for me, was preparation for me to do something someplace else.
The name of the game is put the ball in the hole.
I think it's tough that we build Michael Vick up, and then we break him down. I think he's one of the superb athletes, and he's a good human being.
Playing basketball at MSG is a lot of fun when you are winning, but when you are not, it's not fun.
I look at a guy like The Rock - how he started with his natural ability in sports but gravitated into Hollywood - as a model for what's possible.
Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever.
My favorite point guard, growing up, was Magic Johnson. The reason why I say that is he was a winner, and he did everything in his power to make his teammates better. That's what the game is all about as a point guard.
The 'New York Daily News' called me the most reviled athlete ever in sports history in New York. I don't listen to them.
