Newsgroup: it.sport.basket
Titolo: Starbury is coming

July 18, 2007
THE STARBURY BLOGS: Italy
Stephon Marbury is guest-blogging this week for Knicks beat writer Marc 
Berman. Marbury will file dispatches from the road during his 37-city, 
cross-country bus tour to promote his discount Starbury sneaker/apparel 
line available at Steve & Barry's.
By STEPHON MARBURY
CLEVELAND - Once you put your mind to something, you create a vision for 
your life that comes out in your actions in the world.
If you let other people decide what is best for you, then you are 
allowing someone else to create YOUR life.
I've been playing basketball since I was 2 years old. Running in the
sand, selling sodas on the beach in Coney Island with my brothers, 
getting stronger with dreams and a vision of making it to the NBA.
Now I have a bigger vision for myself.
This will be my 12th season in the league. When my contract is up in two 
years, I want to go play overseas in Italy and retire over there. Berman 
has the story in today's Post, but I'd like to explain it further.
During the Olympics, David Stern told us about how big basketball was 
becoming around the world. He was right. Now I want to make it even 
bigger for the United States.
For my 14th pro season, I want to go when I can still go hard and give 
the people what they want. I'm looking at how David Beckham is getting 
love for coming here. He's 32. I'll be 32 at the end of my Knicks' 
contract. Imagine if someone told him not to follow his heart to play 
soccer in the U.S.
I want to do the same thing for basketball and spread the Starbury 
Movement so people all around the world can benefit. I want to make 
things affordable for everybody.
Don't get this twisted. I love playing in New York more than anything 
and I am playing to win a championship in these next two seasons and go 
out on the highest note.
The East is wide open in my mind. I feel like we are stronger with the 
moves we've made. adding the right pieces. Zach is a monster. People 
have even been asking how I feel about Ron Artest as a player and person.
Since Berman's trying to take vacation, I'll keep it real and let y'all 
know I wouldn't mind playing with Ron Artest. I think he would be a good 
fit here in New York. He's built for it.
Some fans might be surprised I'd want to leave the NBA after 13 seasons 
when I'm a free agent. But I fell in love with Italy like I love New 
York. The people are so chill there and laid back. My wife loves it too. 
We recently went to Italy and it changed my life.
We drove an hour and a half from Milan to Biella to see my cousin Jamel 
Thomas play. It's like playing at Duke's Cameron Indoor Arena. The fans 
go crazy. They have a lot of passion and energy like you've never seen.
We went to Luca and got exclusive cheap watches. I played with a 
6-year-old kid who loved basketball but said nobody would play with him. 
So I played with him two straight hours. We also went to Puzza, 
Montejachina and Tuscany. Tuscany was fly. The architecture and designs 
were incredible. I call Florence the shoe capital.
Wifey and I did the 50-cent window shopper.
After that we went to Venice. We strolled with the "Gondola man'' 
singing and pushing the boat. They told me 400 people take classes to 
steer them and only 100 people pass. I fell in love with wifey all over 
again. We took the boat to the casino.
Everything is on water. You have to take taxi boats. It was set-up like 
the movie Casino Royale, one of my favorite flicks. We ended our trip to 
Rome. We went to Pentium and the Coloseum. The high note was our visit 
to the Sistine Chapel. It is incredible. You walk in one door and out 
the other and you become free in mind, body and spirit. That's when I 
knew I was free. I flew home a free man and my life got turned around.
That's why I want to go back to Italy after winning the championship 
with the Knicks.
When I interviewed Jim Brown for my TV show "Stars on Stars'', he had 
told me not to go out on anyone else's note but to go out on my own note.
My deal with Fox Sports Net ends this month and we're talking to some 
networks now to reach even more people. I can't wait till we do a 
Starbury reality TV for my journey overseas.
My whole life I have wanted to do what Michael Jordan has done on the 
basketball court. But just on the basketball court. I have not tried to 
be like him off the court. I have a different vision for who I want to 
be off the court and the life I want to create to help change the world.
Yes, basketball is just a game. People get the person confused with the 
personality. I can create on the court but I'd much rather play the game 
of life. It's more fun and I'm having more fun creating my life than 
I've ever had.

 went to Pentium and the Coloseum. 
Pentium 4?
-- 
Ale(RN)
http://abqualcosa.spaces.live.com
Questo notiziario è andato in onda in forma ridotta per venire incontro 
alle vostre capacità mentali

 
Non so perchè ma questa parte mi piace.

 line available at Steve & Barry's.
Se Bodiroga è il nuovo Natali, Stephon è nostro :-P
Ciao