Patrick Ewing Quotes

• Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing ‘New York Knicks’ instead of ‘Seattle SuperSonics.’

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• Brooklyn, it’s a great town, a great city. It’s New York.

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• I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn’t know the game and couldn’t play it.

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• Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.

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• I’ve been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it’d be great.

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• Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld – they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

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• I’m sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

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• Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

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• I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

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• I’ve been an assistant for seven years now and I haven’t had one head coaching interview. I’m doing something wrong.

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• I’m just like any person who is coaching in this league, I’m just looking for an opportunity, that’s all.

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• If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It’s just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That’s not being cocky. That’s confidence.

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• New York is a passionate city. They want a winner. They deserve a winner. I think we did an outstanding job of bringing it back.

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• Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that’s what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn’t put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.

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• Most of the fans will still be Knick fans.

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• Amare, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups – they’re virtually unstoppable.

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• When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.

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• People think that just because you’re a center, you’re not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.

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• This means a lot. I’m being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.

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• Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I’ll be ready.

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Patrick Ewing (21)

Birth:	5th August, 1962
Nationality:	American, Jamaican
Profession:	Basketball Player

About

Patrick Aloysius Ewing is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. He is currently the associate head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, working under Steve Clifford.

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