Quotes from Stephen Jackson

God chose me for a reason. My momma tells me that every day. I know there's a million people who want to be in my shoes.

I would not advise a young player to even listen to Byron Scott, because he is the worst coach at communicating with young guys, and I'm living proof.

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.

All the racial slurs I done heard. All the things I heard about my mom, and my basketball game and my kids, all this. It felt good to punch a fan one time.

How many people can say that they've punched a fan?

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 grew up on Geto Boys and of course UGK, who put my hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, on the map. I was about Goodie Mob and OutKast too.

I'm from Texas, so we used to wear our pants starched down like a cowboy. So when I got to New York, to New Jersey, everybody was laughing at me like, 'Look at his pants! His pants could stand up by themselves!'

Nobody wants to play the game more than Kawhi. Nobody wants to be great or go down as one of the greatest more than Kawhi. So his heart and his passion and if he wants to play basketball should never be questioned.

The best part of my career was being able to play with a lot of guys from different countries, different places, different races. That was the best part about it.

I was raised that if I'm with you and we get in a fight, I'm going to help you. We're going down together. That's how it goes.

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

I'm a grown man. I have six kids. I'm married now. So I speak my mind.

It's hard for any man to take something thrown at his face and not to retaliate.

A lot of people think I'm just an athletic thug.

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.

There's one thing that people will never know about Tim Duncan: Tim Duncan might know more UFC moves and more fighting moves than anybody in the UFC.

Tim Duncan and Steve Smith made me feel like an All-Star.

I am going to be happy regardless where I am at as long as I am playing basketball with some guys that have the same common goal that I have, and that is to win.

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

Anytime you want to take time off from a job that millions of brothers work so hard to get here, that's not being humble.

It's not too many people who play the game harder than me.

I think Don King has always been an idiot in my mind. He's always been about money. I don't think he cares about anything else but himself.

I make love to pressure.