Allan Houston
Allan Houston
Allan Wade Houstonis an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Associationfrom 1993 to 2005. He is currently the assistant general manager for the New York Knicks and the general manager for Knicks' NBA D-League team, the Westchester Knicks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 April 1971
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
fans supporting thank york
The fans of New York were unbelievable, ... I want to thank the fans for not only supporting me, but challenging me.
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I always said that I would be back and told the fans that I would be back, and I always truly in my heart believed that, ... But sometimes your will, your passion, your competitiveness, kind of override what your body is going through, and I was strictly running off of those emotions and that will.
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I hope that all of our fans realize how much of an honor and privilege it was to represent them and New York at Madison Square Garden for all of these years,
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It was a challenge. You can kind of take it the wrong way and take it personally, but New York fans are passionate. They want to say, 'If I had that skill and that ability and that body, that's how I would play.' I knew that, but you have to put yourself in other people's shoes sometimes. All I could do is do what I could do. Even with the pain, the contract was a blessing. All I did was do everything to the best of my ability.
hurdle past
It's tough, it really is. But once they get past this hurdle I think they'll be fine.
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I always wanted to be in those moments where you could have an opportunity to win a game with a play or a shot, or have a part in it, ... I've been very fortunate to have a lot of those moments. Miami was probably the single moment that stands out. If I had a Knick memory that would stand out, that would be it.
jim pray
Let's pray for Jim Dolan. Let's pray for our organization.
dream fortunate happen miami moment moments single stands
Miami probably was the single moment that stands out. Those are the moments you dream about, and I was fortunate to have it happen to me.
damage injured knees playing point time
Right now I can't play. I'm not really healthy. It's not really to the point where it's healed. It's been a long time that I've been playing injured and I've been doing a lot of damage to my knees for a long time.
sums
I guess, ... that sums it all up.
exhausted happen supposed
I exhausted everything, ... If it was supposed to happen it would have happened. It just was not supposed to and I'm comfortable with that.
moments opportunity win
I always wanted to be in those moments when you could have an opportunity to win the game,
almost building crowd fought last time wonderful
I almost fought back a lot of tears, honestly. It was great, a wonderful feeling. The last time I'd been in this building with a crowd was when I played.
continue intensity
Going at this intensity is new, so I'm going to have to just continue to adjust.