A biography for Mark Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“At the end of the day, I'm a pastor.”
“I'm grateful to the guys I played with who have made the game fun. I felt that they made me as successful as I have been.”
“I think New York was always an attractive place for free agents because it's New York City.”
“No matter what role I'm doing in life, I'm gonna shout with everything in me about how awesome God is, how awesome his grace and mercy is, and what he's done in my life.”
“The bottom line is I've had longevity and I've won everywhere I have gone.”
“I'm low maintenance.”
“Stephon Marbury is an excellent player.”
“George Karl... he'll be a Hall of Fame coach one day.”
“I love Steph Curry, and I'm excited and proud of the fact that he was MVP of the league in 2014-15.”
“I watch coaches lobby for jobs. With all due respect, how could you win doing that?”
“I was fine if I lived to be 100 and died and never have an opportunity to be a head coach because I was never an assistant.”
“The coaches that I played for lived other places.”
“You never know who can cost you a job or help you get one.”
“I think at the end of the day, as a team - I've been a player in this league and covered the league and also coached... I think it's important always to look to get better.”
“No matter how you try to muster up energy, effort and enthusiasm, some nights, some practices, you just don't have it.”
“I have my beliefs as a pastor and as a believer, and that's not going to change.”
“I have played for not just great coaches, but Hall of Fame coaches.”
“It's a heck of an accomplishment just to get to back- to-back Finals' appearances.”
“There's pressure in my entire life. There's pressure to coach a team, there's pressure to try to become a professional basketball player. There's pressure being a husband, there's pressure being a dad, there's pressure being a pastor.”
“I'm an old-school basketball player and an old-school coach.”