A biography for Larry Johnsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I hope people understand that Jerry Tarkanian gave young black males a chance to better themselves and the lives of their families when no one else would. The way Coach talked to me, he spoke my language. I needed that type of voice in my life.”
“After I signed my big contract, I expected to be in Charlotte for the rest of my career. Things just didn't work out. Now I'm with the Knicks.”
“I thought I was academically prepared for a major college, but I wasn't. Odessa gave me that preparation.”
“In Vegas we thrived on being the hated team, on being the bad boys. That's definitely not my personality. If that helps my team, helps me play better, then so be it.”
“I'm fond of New York, I've always been.”
“I'm a big Jeff Van Gundy fan.”
“No one man can rise above the masses or the condition of his people.”
“I think I'm caught up in playing in New York. Here, my mind is cluttered worrying about things.”
“My plan is to go back to Dallas and build my house. I want a spread 50, 60 or 70 acres. 'Cause Dallas is where everybody's at' that I can really relate to.”
“I'm an Oakley fan.”
“You can be totally focused on the game and all of a sudden at the Garden, you'll snap and go, 'Whoa!' It's super loud and you can't help but take a second to admire what's going on.”
“The UNLV championship game against Duke, I didn't shoot the last shot. Choked. It took 10 years for me to say that. I had to be in the NBA five, six years for me to say that aloud.”
“I love to drive and run the floor.”
“You can't ever get to the point where you don't think you can learn anything more.”
“The key for me is the way I take care of myself off the floor.”
“I think we sometimes think, 'it is just preseason. These games are for the fans mostly.' It's for ourselves to get in shape and play against more competition. Let's face it, this is preseason, but you can develop bad habits during preseason.”
“After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.”
“My main goal is to win me a championship.”
“I'm not going to take too much credit for what's happened in my life. When we're playing, the things I do are because of my teammates. So I'm not going to take too much credit.”
“This is a beautiful country, the best country, but it's not holy, it's not righteous.”