A biography for Jabari Parkerhasn’t been written yet.
“Really, I've been set up for a good position where Duke is setting me up for a lot of exposure, and it's part of my responsibility to show up for them because the team that we have, I play a really vital role.”
“I'm just always around my cars. My favorite brand is Cadillac.”
“I've scored 30s and 20s off of guys who say they try to play defense.”
“I really wasn't a guy that idolizes fame and self-glorification.”
“Yeah, I've had injuries.”
“I pray that God keeps me safe on the floor, and that I'm able to have a good attitude towards my teammates.”
“I love spilling my creativity on paper. I just draw.”
“My brother, Christian, helps me stay focused and grounded.”
“You can't know who you are unless you know where you came from and give praise to those who laid the foundation.”
“I wanted to be like Juwan Howard, whose basketball camp I went to as kid for six years. Those camps meant everything to me and my friends. We'd all seen Juwan on TV and then... there he was. In our gym. We could see him. We could give him a high five.”
“You don't want to endorse hate; you don't want to endorse racism. You don't want to support controversy.”
“I always pray before the game. I have a big-time belief in that. It just gives me that extra boost, the confidence, the faith that I'm going to play and be safe.”
“Yeah, as a kid I didn't really have a lot to be proud of.”
“I'm a man of habit.”
“I know there are a lot of eyes on me.”
“We're professionals, everybody scores. It's just a matter of limiting them as much as you can and trying to contain them.”
“Milwaukee, man... it's home.”
“When you really struggle at one thing, you don't take it for granted.”
“I wouldn't express myself as shy. I have to be in my comfort zone, like everybody else. You have to take time to feel people out. You can't give them too much at once.”
“I don't put stuff out in the media. I don't do that.”