A biography for Mark Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“I totally trust God.”
“A real point guard is basically a coach anyway.”
“I just have a confidence and a toughness that personifies New York City and gives you an edge.”
“Coach Popovich is an all-time coach.”
“I love being at the games. I love calling the games. This was a dream of mine as a kid. I would be on the court pretending to be Earl Monroe, Magic Johnson, and at the same time pretending to be Marv Albert calling my moves, and at the same time pretending to call timeout and draw up plays for myself.”
“Unless you have a stretch 4, there's always going to be some issues defending a stretch 4.”
“I'm a guy who played two times for three different organizations. I'm a guy you say, 'He's OK, we can do without him.' It happens every single day of my life. I just have that. I don't know what it is. It is a blessing because it keeps me sharp.”
“All I did as an analyst was tell the truth. If I had called some of my games, I would have said that I didn't play up to par and I made mistakes, and I would have been right.”
“I'm one of the first ones in the office, and I'm one of the last ones to leave, if not the last.”
“You run me off a down screen and you run Steph Curry, it's not the same. It may be the same action but it doesn't get the attention of the defense the same way.”
“I've seen people shut it down when it looks like you're playing for nothing.”
“I'm too blessed to be stressed.”
“We live in a country that allows you to be whoever you want to be.”
“Fixing any team you have to make sure you know exactly what you are going to get night in and night out. That doesn't mean 20 points. That doesn't mean 15 rebounds. It starts with energy and a passion of wanting to go out there and do it.”
“At the end of the day, I'm a guy that stays in my own lane.”
“I had incredible teammates, like Patrick Ewing, who's the greatest Knick that's ever played... He left his heart on the floor and he was an incredible teammate.”
“I love calling games, but when I watch sports anyways, I'm still calling them. I'm talking to myself, whether it's a basketball game, or baseball, boxing, or football, whatever it is. I've done that my entire life.”
“As a Christian man, I serve a God that allows you free will to be whoever you want to be.”
“As a Christian man, I have beliefs of what's right and what's wrong.”
“I'm not afraid to make fun of anybody and myself.”