Jayson Williams Quotations

I love basketball and look forward to competing again at the sport that I hold so dear, ... Interested NBA teams want assurances that I am completely recovered and that I am able to deal with rigors of daily competition. The very competitive CBA will provide me this opportunity.

I have a beautiful family. I want to be here, for my family.

I find your question bizarre, ... It would be along the line of saying that I shouldn't see a movie that involves an accident. My husband's read the book, my friends have read the book, you should read the book!

I respect the legal process and understand the road before me, yet I desire to use the gifts and skills God has given me as a basketball player,

We're like Iraq. We're hiding missiles. We've got two missiles in reserve.

They were feeding hard yesterday. It's a tough lake.

People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple.

I give God all the glory. And try to move on. Come home and hug my wife and my children. And thank God for every day that I have with my family.

I will never be able to move on as much as people would like me to.

Alcohol is the cause of all my problems.

Every day people say you got to move on with your life. You have to move on. And you just can't.

I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

I lost my way for a long time.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's.

I'll say life is simpler.

If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone.

I don't think there is a person who loves the Nets as much as I do - from our fans, all the employees in the arenas, the front office personnel and the owners. I will always be loyal to our fans and the Nets.

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

I want to be here, for my family. I want to be here for my baby. I want to see the birth of my baby.

All we wanted to do was be the conduit to make it happen,