Quotes from Stephen Jackson

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

My whole career, I've never had no serious injuries or no surgeries.

I love wearing my jewelry.

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.

I'm not going to let Kobe throw elbows at me.

Kobe can play in any league.

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.

Mike Brown is a guy I definitely respect.

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.

Being from the South, I was really into Southern rap, but I listened to a lot of stuff from all over.

Just because we make a lot of money we're supposed to be the bigger person? Fans tell us that our kids are ugly and that they should have thrown our mothers in jail for having us. That's not disrespectful?

My confidence in myself is unbelievable.

My rookie year, Byron Scott didn't really want to sign me. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Nets. I got there, and Byron Scott didn't really like me, but they let me come to camp and I was having a great camp. Stephon Marbury embraced me.

I partied too much. I was still 19, 20 years old. I was coming from a little small city where there's 40,000 people, so being in New Jersey, New York, being with a big All-Star like Stephon Marbury, he's calling me every night to go out with him. I didn't know how to say no.

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 don't want to be a guy who's just sitting on the bench stealing money.

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

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

When things are not fair, I speak my mind.

I'm an assassin on the court. And at home, I'm a nun.

When I lost my brother, it kind of messed me up because in my city, I know everybody. I kind of felt untouchable.

Who creates a fake page? If I want to respond to a person on social media, it has to come from my page with the verified check on it.

I wasn't the greatest at school, so I studied basketball.

You have to listen to the people who employ you.