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!' Stephen Jackson More Quotes by Stephen Jackson More Quotes From Stephen Jackson I make love to pressure. Stephen Jackson making-love pressure 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. Stephen Jackson yeah car boys As bad as I disagreed on stuff, I wanted to get a technical foul, but I didn't. When guys on the team see me get technical fouls, it tends to trickle down to the team. I just took it and dealt with it. Stephen Jackson team guy stuff I got fined for talking to myself. Stephen Jackson nba talking It's been kind of hard, I'm labeled as a jerk right now, you know what I mean? But I love it. I've been a jerk all my life. My momma loves this jerk. My kids love this jerk. I'm going to be a jerk in a good way, though. I'm going to be a jerk to the other teams and just go out there and play basketball. I can do that. Stephen Jackson team basketball mean I have no problem dressing up . . . because I know I'm a nice-looking guy. But as far as chains, I definitely feel that's a racial statement. Almost 100% of the guys in the league who are young and black wear big chains. So I definitely don't agree with that at all. Stephen Jackson dressing-up nice league I'm an assassin on the court. And at home, I'm a nun. Stephen Jackson assassin nun court home I had a taste of a championship in San Antonio, and that was big for me. I cried when we won, and I hadn't cried in 10 years before that. It felt good, everything I'd been through, to say I was the champion at the end of the year. Stephen Jackson end good me champion In San Antonio when I was asked to say other players were better than me to help their confidence so they can play better, that was the most disrespectful thing that I've ever heard from any coach in my life. Stephen Jackson my-life me confidence life That's the definition of a teammate, being together, being there for your teammate. Stephen Jackson your being being-there together It's easy to go out there and fight and scratch and play and sweat and bleed for guys that you consider your friends, your brothers. Stephen Jackson fight you friends easy If you are walking through the hood and you notice the cracks in the sidewalk where all the weeds, pebbles, dirt and grit settle in, that's me. Stephen Jackson me you hood walking 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. Stephen Jackson be-happy i-am happy long I played quarterback, safety and receiver. Stephen Jackson played receiver quarterback safety 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. Stephen Jackson game good mom time Before 2 Chainz got big, he used to sleep on my couch. Stephen Jackson big he used sleep 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. Stephen Jackson never know fighting people 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. Stephen Jackson new great me want 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. Stephen Jackson king think money mind 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. Stephen Jackson down fight you together
