Jason Kidd It's a marathon People have to understand you don't win an award for the first 20 You get to learn about your team you get to learn about each other We're going to be judged publicly every night but internally we truly believe were going in the right direction

James Dolan's pre playoff speech about 10 weeks of sacrifice to change their lives forever Can you focus for 10 weeks If you do that at the end of 10 weeks we're walking out of here with rings and we're walking out of here with a moniker on ourselves that will never ever fucking go away

SNY Jalen Brunson Words can't describe it I put a lot of time and effort into trying to be the best player I can be to try and help a team win Just really thankful to have the organization the coaching staff my teammates to have my back every single day

Erik Spoelstra in an old interview What you have to respect about the Knicks you have to put them away every single possession You can leave anything to effin chancethats what they do what they have is will to win

Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu postgame interview on the court after the win against the GrizzliesI feel like I'm not where I need to be yet so I just keep going I motivate myself every day

Mitch Johnson We werent ready to win an NBA championship The better team won We did a lot of good things and we didnt finish the job That's what it is

Kon Knueppel asked Jalen Brunson what characteristics it takes to win at highest level The one thing that stays constant and Ive always been taught by my parents to never be afraid to fail