Stephen Jackson
Stephen Jackson
Stephen Jesse Jacksonis an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Clippers. Jackson won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 April 1978
CityHouston, TX
attitude happened help hurt situation stands throw
My attitude wasn't to go into the stands to hurt nobody. My attitude was to help my teammate. It just happened to be a situation that I had to throw some punches.
foul job tough
I just didn't want to foul him. I wanted to make him make a tough shot. I thought I did my job - he just did his better.
chance everybody hate lay nobody ourselves point stay trying turn until
I think everybody is at the point where they hate losing. It's 'When can we turn this thing around?' Nobody is going to lay down now that we're under .500. I think everybody is trying to stay positive. We've got to give ourselves a chance until everybody is back healthy.
carry chance great hit league mike team
Mike has always been a great player. He's getting a chance now to really show the league that he can carry a team and hit big shots.
bring came seemed seems
We just didn't have it tonight. It just seemed like we came out tired. It seems like we don't bring it like we should sometimes.
blow decisions hard holding lead learn matter somebody
We have to make better decisions on holding leads. We get a lead in another team's building, then give up the lead. It's hard to get it back, no matter who you're playing. We have to learn how to get a lead and blow somebody out. We haven't done that in a while.
hit
We couldn't hit shots. That's what it all boiled down to. It was very frustrating, but at the same time, we got the looks.
last played
We feel like we have a lot to prove, ... But not to the world, to ourselves. We know we're better than the way we played last year.
ball danny defense drive jump line proper rather shoot situation straight wish
We didn't think Danny was going to give it up that easy. It was just a straight line drive and we'd rather him take a jump shot. A situation like that, when he has the ball at the end of the game, you know he's going to shoot it. We just didn't play the proper defense on him. I wish I was guarding him. I probably would have made it a little tougher.
happy
We're just happy to be in the playoffs. We'll play anybody.
making-love pressure
I make love to pressure.
nice dressing-up league
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.
ball best both eight five four game gives job shared speeds
We shared the ball and it's not just one person getting into a rhythm, it's four or five guys. The game speeds up a little bit. But at the same time, we're like eight times better with (O'Neal) because it gives us the best of both worlds. It's a little faster, but he makes our job a lot easier.
confident finish great point team until
We've got to get to the point when we get a big lead, we feel confident and finish them off. We're not going to be a great team until we can do that.