Jamal Crawford

“I'm a baller, I'm a hooper.”

“A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.”

“As long as you can worry about the stuff you can control, that's always best for you.”

“I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.”

“I just hate being out of shape.”

“No matter what the trends are in the NBA - teams going big, going small, getting more efficient with analytics - the ability for a player to create his own shot, then convert tough shots, will always be a weapon, particularly when you get to the playoffs.”

“I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.”

“When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.”

“One of my big influences as a young player was Allen Iverson. All I wanted to do was the left-to-right crossover, because that's the one he was doing most.”

“You know, my first nine years I only played for two teams, Chicago and New York. And the only reason I got traded from New York was the 2010 free agency period, when they had a chance to sign LeBron and D-Wade and that whole class, and I understood that. But from there it's kind of been a roller coaster.”

“I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.”

“I think being a championship-contending team, you have to have a championship-level coach to take you over the top.”

“I don't have to play just against NBA guys. No, I'll play anywhere, anytime.”

“Sometimes it's more about the journey than the destination.”

“When you are a rookie you are going through everything for the first time, your first DNP, your first not seeing eye to eye with a coach, first understanding trades happen, guys making more money play more. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot of maturing to do.”

“I've always loved coach Brett Brown. I've been on record. I've been a fan of his for years.”

“I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.”

“I tell kids to be as passionate about your education as you are about anything else in life.”

“I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.”

“I'm not the person that when he has an off shooting game is going to make excuses.”