Patrick Ewing tears of joy
by Emeka Q Rossi: Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing reflected on his emotional journey with the Knicks, saying, "(Tim Duncan) and (David Robinson) were having a party against us, (now) it's ours... In 1999, I had tears of sorrow, today I have tears of joy." (via HectorLedesmaTV, h/t ClutchPoints)
Transcript (en)
Does it feel like it's a long time coming? It has been a long time coming. The last time we were here in 99, I had tears of sorrow. Today I have tears of joy. You know, it's a dream come true. We have had this goal, I mean, myself as a player, myself as part of the organization, we've had the dream of getting to this point and winning the championship, and we finally have achieved it. The last time we were here, Tim and David were having a party. against us. But tonight, it's ours. Speaking of 99, I know it's not quite the same, but does this at least a little bit make up? It definitely makes up for it. You know, they got us back then and we're able to get them now. When you look at this series, Patrick, I think throughout the playoffs, frankly, a lot of us here in San Antonio thought whoever wins the West is going to win the NBA title. But what the Knicks did on this run, just magical and I don't know if Team of Destiny is kind of too flaky, too cliche-ish, but your thoughts here on what this team was able to pull. I'm going to let you all call it whatever you all want to call it. I just think that the guys did what they needed to do. Everybody did their part in every series to get us to this point, and Jalen was the captain to take us over the top. And as one of the greats, especially big men in the league, your thoughts here on Victor Wimbaniama moving forward? I love him. I love him. I think he's special. All the things that I've seen, I think he is special. I think he's gonna have a tremendous career.
