A biography for David Leehasn’t been written yet.
“I have always been lucky enough to have Thanksgiving dinner with my family.”
“By no means am I a saint.”
“The discovery of superfluidity opened up a new understanding in the science world.”
“It's not about numbers for me. It's about continuing to improve as a player, and doing everything I can to help my team win.”
“I think using San Antonio as a model, when you have those core guys together year in and year out, I think the familiarity can really help, especially in pressure situations and close games.”
“There are few moments in science in which you genuinely are excited. The discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 was one of those moments.”
“I don't care about numbers. I can get 30 points pretty much anytime I want. I get satisfaction from winning.”
“When you don't play for a while, you really value just how much fun it is just to be back on the court.”
“I always look back as my time in New York as a great time in my life, get a start in the league from last guy on the bench to captain by the last year or two. More than anything, I discovered my game in the NBA.”
“I'm not the best defender in the world, but I'm going to compete.”
“Things happen for a reason.”
“I think a lot of people in New York are businessmen or Wall Street guys by day and underground basketball coaches by night.”
“To retire without having a championship, I think there would really be something missing.”
“Playing in New York, after you've been here, anything else is a step down.”
“I'm very, very confident I'll be able to help us win games when my number is called.”
“I've been on bad teams, I've been on good teams - great teams even. And I ended my career as the first big man off the bench for some really good teams and enjoyed that role.”
“My team is relying on me to produce and to night in and night out take care of the power forward spot. That's what I'm going to do.”
“Modern low temperature physics began with the liquefaction of helium by Kamerlingh Onnes and the discovery of superconductivity at the University of Leiden in the early part of the 20th century.”
“The Knicks need to do what's best for the Knicks, and David Lee needs to do what's best for David Lee.”
“I didn't want to be one of those guys who celebrates and jumps all over the place and they say the basket doesn't count.”