#ay

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. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#because #game #i #joke #knew

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

— Patrick Ewing

#finished #had #here #i #i wish

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. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#been #day #fame #field #grade

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. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#brought #came #dave #days #door

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. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#call #everything #guards #had #i

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

— Patrick Ewing

#body #goes #heals #i #pain

Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#everybody #goal #player #ring #whether

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ↗

— Sam Ewing

#dollars #fifteen #five #get #had

I've said this forever - I've always believed the Today show is more than the sum of its parts. ↗

— Jeff Zucker

#believed #forever #i #more #parts

What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#appear #because #bible #done #go