Stephon Marbury Quotes

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Stephon Marbury

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 20, 1977

All those places that I've played at is a preparation for me to come to Beijing.

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For me, my Beijing jersey will be the jersey that I will retire here in China.

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I'm from the housing projects, where people can't afford $150 shoes.

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Making a difference has always been most important to Starbury because it takes lots of care and thought to do so.

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There's a difference when you want something and when you need something.

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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.

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Losing exposes character, and winning breeds it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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For me, it's vital to continue to share my experiences and allow my experiences to help the younger generation.

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I've been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.

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My mission on this planet hasn't changed. I want to nurture the planet, to guide the planet, to help the planet.

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New York is a Show Me state. We're like Missouri.

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If I didn't play the way how I played, I wouldn't have gotten no max contract.

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God is love, and love is love.

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I feel forever debted to China.

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I play basketball; I actually like the triangle. It opens things up if you know how to move without the ball and know how to cut. That's the game you learn in high school and younger - pass, cut - basically the fundamentals of basketball, which makes it extremely difficult to guard.

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Coaching - get a guy like Phil Jackson, you expect the coaching to change right away and things to change right away. Ultimately, it takes a lot of time.

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