Link:Marbury said he is not bitter at those who have portrayed him as a monster, as it's not in his personality. He became a born-again Christian on June 29, he said.
"I'm never going to control how someone feels. You have to continue to try to live a righteous life, try to be as positive as you can and not live in a negative state of mind."
Marbury received strong reviews in early summer after a commendable season while his $14.98 sneaker line became a national sensation.
"People had their own views about me before [the sneakers]," Marbury said. "When I did that, they said, 'Oh, that's a good thing.' They saw me in a different light. Then something like this happens, something that happened three years ago. Doing what I did [with sneakers], that was all part of me changing who I was as a person."
"I'm a born-again Christian," Marbury said. "I've been reborn. I've awakened from the dead. My body and my mind were asleep. I was sleepwalking. I basically was laying in a coffin dead. Then when I became reborn, I was able to open my eyes and see myself."
Marbury says another intern incident could never happen now. He often text-messages friends now with the phrase, "Life is sweet."
"My spirit is clean," Marbury said.
Marbury even talked some basketball. He entered training camp in much better shape than last October, one of the early camp stars, according to a Knick scout.
"Only two times in my career, I didn't come in tip-top shape like I normally would," Marbury said, noting last October and 2001 when he got traded to Phoenix. "I wasn't in the best shape of my career [last October]. I wasn't in the shape like I am right now."
He knows it likely led to a poor November. "We got to get out of the block quick," he said.
