Stephen Jackson

I had a hell of a career - didn't miss no games.

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

I came into the NBA not looking at it as a job but the same way I did when I was playing at the Y. I was just getting a paid a lot of money to do it, that's all.

My job's to play basketball. My job's not to be here to be friends with anybody.

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.

Just winning is special.

A lot of people think I'm just an athletic thug.

NBA or nothing, man. I don't need the money. I just want to give back to the game. Anything else is a step down, so I just want to give the NBA a shot.

I'm going to support my teammates. I'm a team guy.

I'm a grown man. I have six kids. I'm married now. So I speak my mind.

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.

The best part of my career was being able to play with a lot of guys from different countries, different places, different races. That was the best part about it.