Quotes from Stephon Marbury

Playing basketball is second nature to me; acting I found far more challenging.

When I get on the basketball court, there's not too many things I can't do.

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.

Losing exposes character, and winning breeds it.

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.

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.

You have to have a lot of good players to win a championship.

I have three championships in a country where I don't speak the language.

There's no other player that's playing basketball on this earth that has accomplished some of the things I've accomplished, and it's all through showing love and winning championships.

You can't win the chess match if you don't have enough pieces.

I love the Chinese people.

Nothing wrong with wanting to go home.

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

One person can't bring you to the playoffs or win a championship.

Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever.

I'm a max player. Don't get mad at me because I'm telling you what's real. One plus one is two, all day long, and it's never gonna change. And that's factorial.

From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors.

Coaching is something I want to do.

I'm going to set up a foundation for the world. I'm going to take the money and start building cities all over the world. I'm a comet.

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

My sister had been praying for me since I was born: my sister, Stephanie, my namesake. That's what she is to me; my namesake - Stephanie, Stephon. Stephanie - that's my daughter's name. I kept it in the family.

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

Whenever you've got an inside presence, it makes the game extremely easy.

New York basketball is about defense.